You are only as sick as your secrets,” I was told during my inpatient stint at McLean psychiatric hospital in Belmont, Mass.
- FamilyThe Power and Danger of Secrets
You are only as sick as your secrets,” I was told during my inpatient stint at McLean psychiatric hospital in Belmont, Mass.
FamilyMy Cousin Fritz Was Married to a NaziFinding out the woman who sat at our dinner table was a Nazi.
Finding out the woman who sat at our dinner table was a Nazi.
FamilyHow Genealogy Became the Great Jewish Pastime“America is a country of immigrants. Most people don’t even know where their grandparents are from. And there’s a lot of family mythology that is not necessarily true.”
“America is a country of immigrants. Most people don’t even know where their grandparents are from. And there’s a lot of family mythology that is not necessarily true.”
Group HugCommunities across the United States are devising different means of helping people find their place in their synagogue.The Blessing of Comic Reliefby Nancy KeltonMy niece through marriage died two years ago at age 40. We sat shiva at her brother’s house in Needham, Massachusetts.Full CircleI’m new at this. Well, not new at Israeli folk dancing but, after 40 years, I’m rusty. What is new for me is dancing atGood Connection: Lessons from a Holocaust Survivorby Ruth Masonby Ruth MasonI am sitting in the corner of the couch, and Fania Lavi is facing me in her wheelchair in her small apartment at an old-age home in Jerusalem.Breasts and BlessingsI just got a call from my health insurance company informing me that it was time for a mammogram. “I really don’t need one,” IField, and Chant, of DreamsIn the fall of 1972, when I was starting the third grade, I moved to London with my parents and my brothers for my father’s“Control” Alternating with “Delete”Lisa Samick was 35 when she watched her younger sister, a new mother, die of metastatic breast cancer. Judah Schiller was 35 when he wasA Good Man Is Hard to FindFor my 61st birthday, I decided to buy myself a man. I do not mean that I resurrected slavery, nor did I hire a maleFooter Menu Column 1
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