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Lottie Kestenbaum

Lottie Kestenbaum, born to British parents, grew up in Teaneck, NJ… [More]

May 9, 2013
7:04 pm

Never Coincidental…

(Sorry this is a day late!) This year Yom Yerushalyaim and Victory in Europe (VE) Day, the day the allies’ defeated Germany fell on the same English date, May 8. At......

May 4, 2013
10:08 pm

The Internet Diet

This week I learned a really important lesson. Basically if you are reading an article read the full article. Some may think this is obvious but I didn't think so......

April 19, 2013
6:39 pm

Facebook Friends vs The FBI…

For a large portion of my life I was the extreme of extremists. The moment I heard there was a terrorist attack anywhere my first thought was “the terrorist’s......

April 15, 2013
4:58 pm

Yom HaZikaron

It is Yom HaZikaron and yet this morning I was standing next to Almoni. It is the day to remember and I was standing next to a man named, Anonymous. He......

April 8, 2013
9:49 pm

Thoughts On Yom HaShoah

This morning, Yom HaShoah, I was on a bus on my way to Jerusalem. On the bus I was thinking how less than 80 years ago Jews from all......

March 11, 2013
5:38 pm

The Big Bad “F Word”

My dad always tells me to start every article I write or speech I give with a story because if I don’t no one will listen. Yes, you all know......

March 3, 2013
12:17 pm

Walk that walk

You can take someone out of New York, but you can’t take New York out of them. Growing up in New Jersey and spending every free moment I had in......

January 9, 2013
5:54 pm

Let It Snow (Finally)!

There is a theory that your favorite season is based on when you were born. Well, I was born in January (17 days until the big day) so granted my......

December 31, 2012
3:15 pm

The Year of You

The other day my friend posted a link on her Facebook page called “26 Inspiring Moments That Restored Our Faith In Humanity This Year”. As I was reading this......

December 25, 2012
7:56 pm

Black and White or Some Gray in Between?

Growing up in a Modern Orthodox community in Teaneck, NJ, I have always lived in what has been titled, “The Bubble.” Females wear skirts, males wear kippot, kids go......

December 18, 2012
1:49 pm

Is a Technological World Really That Immediate?

Waiting. According to the dictionary, this word means the act of staying inactive or stationary. I never use the word "waiting" while sitting patiently for a bus, standing still while......