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Being Jewish
Fiction: A Few Small Stones
Some families take pride in a home or a farm, but this multigenerational family struggled to maintain a patch of burial ground.

Some families take pride in a home or a farm, but this multigenerational family struggled to maintain a patch of burial ground.
Space, Time, Gravity and Zionism
Less well known than his Theory of Relativity is Einstein’s contribution to the 20th-century chronicle of the Jewish people and Zionism.

Less well known than his Theory of Relativity is Einstein’s contribution to the 20th-century chronicle of the Jewish people and Zionism.

For the 12 years I wrote “The Ethicist” column for The New York Times Magazine, responding to readers’ moral dilemmas, I took a resolutely secular approach

Being Jewish
Hadassah

Commentary: One Day, One Hospital, One Nation

by Daniel Gordis

When I was little, my mother told me that she would always remember where she was when she heard that President Franklin Roosevelt had died.

Being Jewish
Hadassah

Beginnings: A Confluence of Forces

by Alan M. Tigay

In hindsight, history always looks inevitable. When we look at Hadassah’s 100-year saga, we see the linear version, showing the founding meeting at Temple Emanu-El

Being Jewish

Family Matters: Where the Boys Are

by Rahel Musleah

Robert Riemer, 16, went reluctantly to the first meeting of Shevet Achim: The Brotherhood at his synagogue. The program for ninth-grade boys at Larchmont Temple

Being Jewish

Commentary: Covenant

by David W. Weiss

He is 8 days old. With his well-formed features and smooth bright face, he is a handsome little boy. He seems at peace with the

Being Jewish

Commentary: Old-Timers

by J.J. Goldberg

Starting work at the World Zionist Organization in Jerusalem in 1973, fresh out of college, one of my first decisions was choosing my elective holiday.

Family

Family Matters: Extending an Arm

by Beth Kissileff

When my husband was let go from his job with a nonprofit due to downsizing, we were filled with uncertainty and terror for the future.

Being Jewish

After September 11: A North Star Becomes Memory

by David Altshuler

The Museum of Jewish Heritage. Photo courtesy of WikiCommons. “Look—there’s the museum!” That’s what one of us said every time the familiar building came into

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