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Did you miss me? I took “Leslie’s Laptop” with me on vacation, but decided to take a break. I had been thinking of writing about the secular New Year from the Jewish point of view, but it seems that my friend Alia Ramer got to that topic first, or rather someone making a guest appe…
My post last week about Hanukah mentioned that “[s]ome nights the whole family isn’t together and the night is a little less festive but the lights are still there, shining.” I guess (well, I’m sure) I was missing having children in the house, since our son is out in the world and ou…
Hanukah (Chanukah? Hannukah? Hanukkah)? Whatever works for you! It is a holiday that brings light at the darkest time of the year. During its eight nights, a pool of light creates a moment out of time where a family can stop and take a few minutes to spin the dreidel, munch on latkes and s…
As you may have heard, last Sunday was Super Sunday, the biggest one day phonathon for the annual UJA Campaign here in MetroWest. And it was a wonderful success in terms of dollars raised – over $1.6 million from almost 2,400 donors. The day was just as successful in raising community as…
I stood on Omaha Beach last week, looking up at the seawall and the cliffs that confronted the thousands of American soldiers who landed there on June 6, 1944, to begin the D-Day invasion. It's quiet now on Omaha Beach, but on an overcast, windy day in November of 2009, it's still easy to co…
