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The real Women of the Wall

Devora Mason — Thu, 16 May 2013 08:15:00 +0000

They sit and pour their hearts out with conviction; their heart-wrenching prayers never skewed or motivated by any external publicity or intervention. The sanctuary allotted to these women is never empty, 24 hours a day 7 days a week, regardless of weather conditions or the political situation. It is never lacking in women who seek [...]

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Irrational Moms

Devora Mason — Sun, 12 May 2013 16:03:26 +0000

It is Mother’s Day. I am a mother and I have a lovely mother. Today people resort to participating in that slew of Hallmark wishes, flowers and chocolates to show our mothers that we care (don’t worry mom, I will call you soon!) But today, I am just trying to GET the mother thing. It [...]

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Live blogging my own laila lavan

Devora Mason — Mon, 06 May 2013 18:18:52 +0000

I want to sleep. Period. After the events of today I would love to just curl up in my bed and sleep. But I can’t because I have a test in the morning that requires me to be without sleep all night. Today started off with my being locked inside a synagogue when I stopped [...]

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Independence means…

Devora Mason — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:01:49 +0000

We rely on the fact that the sun will rise in the east and set in the west. We rely on the fact that our car will start in the morning. We rely on consistency of life, dependability and routine. We are all reliant and dependent on someone or something. It’s not a bad thing. [...]

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Doing my National Service at Yad Vashem

Devora Mason — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:52:10 +0000

In the fall of 1995, I was choosen to work at the film and photos archive of Yad Vashem. Yad Vashem would employ three girls annually to carry out their National Service in the film and photos archive. This was part of their huge initiative to catalog and computerize the Yad Vashem archives. I was [...]

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Why I won’t buy a subscription to Israeli playboy

Devora Mason — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 07:58:35 +0000

Growing up, I had a friend whose Dad read playboy. We all knew it too. His big bad secret was hidden under his mattress at home and in his bathroom cabinet. He was a figure head in the Jewish community and I judged him. Oh boy did I judge him as only a 12 year [...]

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Creating our own personal freedom

Devora Mason — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 09:12:48 +0000

There is life. Life is that every day monotony of chores and work, cleaning and shopping, running and sleeping, debts and responsibility. And then there is living. Living, I love you! It is when your soul is free; when your body is a slave to your soul and not the opposite. Those blessed moments of [...]

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The truths we share on Facebook

Devora Mason — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 13:58:01 +0000

Positivity is great, reality even greater. That’s the basic premise for a recent post I read, written by my fellow blogger and friend Sarah Tuttle-Singer, called “We need to quit telling lies on Facebook” which deals with the issues of honest reporting on Facebook. I spent the weekend thinking about the lying and pretending in [...]

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Giving it up for love

Devora Mason — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:09:31 +0000

As I held the little bundle in my arms, a brand new baby girl, I looked down at her and knew that she was mine. All mine! I continued to purvey her little hands and feet the size of my thumb, that oh so delicate nose, and I knew, without a doubt, that I had [...]

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If you blog it, they will come

Devora Mason — Sat, 26 Jan 2013 16:13:01 +0000

With over 150 million blogs in existence today there are so many questions about what makes people read and write blogs. What makes us as readers search that huge crater of blogs for what is interesting to us, find what we want to read and weed out all the rest? And what is it about [...]

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My date in Yiddish

Devora Mason — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:36:25 +0000

Yiddish is such a part of my upbringing. I don’t speak Yiddish, but I understand a bit. Ich ken nisht redden yiddish, ober ich farshteist a bissel As Angie Jacobs mentions in her post called “The oys of Yiddish.” We all seem to know some words and sayings just from growing up around it and [...]

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Life on earth without a Galaxy

Devora Mason — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 20:48:13 +0000

Day 1 Growl No internet or Facebook on this loaner phone I got to replace my Samsung Galaxy S3 while it is being fixed. This Nokia is in the realm of smart phones which I can attest to considering that it has outsmarted me. I am now officially dumber than my smart phone. But [...]

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My 2012 year, gangnam style

Devora Mason — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:31:56 +0000

Ready? Set? GO!!! Salsa The year 2012 roared to a start with January hosting the annual Salsa ball, at Candela Salsa club. I was crowned as the queen of the ball and danced my little tootsies off. I got a crown, an embarrassing dance in front of the whole salsa crowd and a gift certificate [...]

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Creating our own personal miracles

Devora Mason — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 16:23:01 +0000

Dear Readers, This is not a story about my weight loss success story. It is about making the most of what God gave us and then renegotiating. In February of 2009 at 32 years old I had my fifth baby. I always considered myself a young mom owing to the fact that I gave birth [...]

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Riding the bus for a second time

Devora Mason — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:05:42 +0000

Ten years ago today, on the morning of November 21st, 2002, my friend Aluma rode the bus. Unfortunately that morning so did a suicide bomber who, carrying a belt packed with five kilos of explosives, boarded the bus in the neighborhood of Kiryat Menachem and blew himself up. She was given a second chance at [...]

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