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So I’m playing a little over my head here, in that I am pretty much not a political commentator. I don’t even play one on TV, or online. But I feel compelled to share my thoughts, fears, concerns, and maybe even a little hope about what will come of the Palestinian petition for statehood…
Remember that movie, While You Were Sleeping? That’s kind of how things have been at From Leslie’s Laptop. Not that anyone was in a coma or that all sorts of romantic comedy high jinks were going on.
But I’ve taken the summer to regroup and rest up before the Jewish programmatic ye…
If you read From Leslie's Laptop with any regularity (thanks, Mom!), you know that I am a devoted subscriber to eJewishPhilanthropy.org and to jta.org. In the last week, two pieces from these digests have been on my mind. The first was a reprint of a blog post written by Dr. Mischa Galperin,…
As I went about my life in the last few days, I began to notice how quiet, how empty it seems around here. I mean in the supermarket parking lots and the sidewalks of normally busy downtowns, it was like a ghost town. I also started seeing references to Bunk 1 on Facebook and then it dawned …
One of the great things about being involved with the federation movement across North America is meeting amazing people who make amazing things happen for the Jewish people. Two years ago, at a national board retreat of Women’s Philanthropy, I was introduced along with the rest of the boa…
