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Michael Feldstein

Oct 9, 2024, 9:47 PM

I still have two unopened boxes of disposable masks, a physical reminder of those scary COVID days. There are several COVID test packages sitting in my closet … along with a couple of boxes of Clorox wipes (remember when...

Jul 18, 2024, 11:20 PM

Loneliness in America: The Urgent Need for a War on Social Isolation

Social Isolation

America is facing an epidemic that is creeping into the corners of our society, silent yet pervasive. This epidemic is not one of physical disease but of the soul — social isolation. Unlike the more visible crises that dominate...

Simone Suzanne Kussatz

Mar 26, 2024, 3:18 AM

More Than Machinery, We Need Humanity, Paris

This image shows a gallery visitor at the current exhibit at La Galerie Rouge. In the background, one can see an image by Robert Doisneau on the left and an image by Sabine Weiss on the right. Photo credit: ARETE/Simone Kussatz

La Galerie Rouge's current exhibition, “The Concerned Photographer / La Photographie Humaniste,” offers a deep exploration into the realms of humanistic photography and concerned photography, fusing the visual narratives of two significant movements of the 20th century. Whereas humanistic photography...

Michael Feldstein

Jan 25, 2024, 10:03 PM

Rabbi Mark Wildes: Making Matches Organically at MJE

Credit: MJE

For the past 25 years, Rabbi Mark Wildes has connected with tens of thousands of young Jews in New York City, through programming that he has created for the Manhattan Jewish Experience (MJE). MJE boasts a beginner’s service, one-on-one learning,...

Carol Silver Elliott

Jan 11, 2024, 5:28 AM

Aging and Ageism

We’ve been talking with a variety of candidates about an opportunity that exists in our organization. It’s the leadership role in our philanthropy area, the person who has the responsibility for helping to raise funds to support our work. ...

Oct 1, 2023, 12:15 PM

Preliminary Notes on a Miami Cannibal

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May 4, 2020 Gabriel called. He’s ready to work on the documentary. We’re so inspired now that we’re already sending each other five-minute-long Voice Notes on WhatsApp discussing ideas. We have come to the understanding that despite the gruesome details...

Jul 12, 2023, 6:45 PM

Can Modern Midrash Repair the World?

Cover of Marla Feldman's book

I started to write this blog early this week, Tuesday, July 11th, the day when all of Israel went on strike. My daughter, who was on the way to Portugal, sent me a detailed list of the full schedule...

Dec 23, 2022, 11:03 PM

The Retirement to Florida Cycle

After my parents retired in their 60s, they became snowbirds. Right after the fall Jewish holidays, they drove down to Florida; then right before Passover, they drove back to New York. They had the best of both worlds: holidays...

Nov 28, 2022, 3:31 PM

On Being an Introvert in a Post COVID World

I know that the quote, “Hell is other people”, has been incorrectly interpreted to mean that other people are the worst, and you should hide yourself in a dark, lonely room so that you don't have to put up...

Michael Feldstein

Aug 11, 2022, 8:29 PM

The Magic (and the Hassles) of Airline Flight

Henry Charles, Sarit Maayan and Emma Pearl Feldstein (Credit: Michael Feldstein)

That’s our three grandchildren in the accompanying photo – Sarit Maayan, Emma Pearl, and Henry Charles – at the airport, before a recent plane trip they took with their parents to the West Coast this summer. What you don’t see...

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