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When Jews greet each other this week, we might say, ah zissen pesach, a Yiddish phrase meaning, “have a sweet…
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“Grief is a cruel kind of education,” writes the award-winning novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie in the early pages of her…
“I release you, my beautiful and terrible fear,” begins “I Give You Back,” a poem by Joy Harjo, who served…
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The traditional third wedding anniversary gift is leather, meant to symbolize that by the time a couple has been married…
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Positive thinking is a broad and deep well of strategies, practices and habits. Even the most dedicated optimists can struggle…
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I love a campfire, and not just because I love s’mores (though I certainly do). The effort it takes to…