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Jul 15, 2026, 8:06 AM

Today’s changing world: A readers guide

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There was a book I read as a child, which I only partially remember. I pulled it off my grandmother’s bookshelf in the late '60s, early '70s; and only remember a snowy scene and a character trying to solve...

Jul 15, 2026, 6:24 AM

Let The Doves Fly – How Hadassah is a Lifechanging Moment in My Life

Artwork courtesy of the author.

Think about the dog days of summer. Think about concerts and festivals. Finally, think about Woodstock. That iconic moment in the summer of 1969. What comes to mind? Rain, mud, traffic, crowds, and a galaxy of rock and roll...

Jul 15, 2026, 6:24 AM

Celebrating the Jewish Day of Love – Tu B’Av: Say It with Garlic

Garlic Baked Chicken Schnitzel photo courtesy of the author.

Garlic might be the official Jewish love potion, so it’s a perfect ingredient to feature in a recipe for the Jewish Day of Love, Tu B’Av (the 15th of the month of Av). Garlic Baked Chicken Schnitzel with Za’atar Garlic...

Ronnie Katz Gerber

Jul 15, 2026, 6:20 AM

Remembering Bette – My Best Friend of Nearly 70 Years

The author (left) and her friend Bette during their fun college years. Photo courtesy of the author.

Bette has been my friend, almost a sister, despite distance and long absences, for almost 70 years. She passed away unexpectedly last week. We met the summer before fourth grade when each of our families moved into our new homes...

Jul 14, 2026, 2:31 PM

Let Me Tell You ‘Bout My Ex-Best Friend

Two young girls hugging (Chat GPT, 14-7-2026)

An Israeli Jew, the daughter of an Iranian refugee, and the strange way ideology can erase a lifetime of knowing someone.

Janet Bond Brill

Jul 13, 2026, 6:56 PM

‘To My Beloved Marylka’: A Jewish Child’s Blessing to the Sister Who Saved Her

A hidden child's First Communion card revealed a private message between two Jewish sisters hiding as Catholic girls. The card is small enough to lose. It has been folded, softened, stained by time or water or hands. Its die-cut edges...

Walter Estever Gonzalez

Jul 9, 2026, 7:00 AM

The Scream That Followed Me Home

Illustration created with AI based on the author's memories.

There are sounds that never completely leave the body. They fade for years, hide beneath work, distance, language, and adulthood. Then one afternoon, without warning, they return exactly as they first arrived—raw, immediate, and alive. For me, it was...

Jul 7, 2026, 1:15 PM

A Country Is Not Loved by Pretending It Is Simple

Yesterday there were two flags hanging outside my parents’ house in Israel: the American flag and the Israeli flag. It was the Fourth of July, which is already a strange and beautiful thing to celebrate from here, and somehow...

Ilene Munetz-Pachman

Jul 6, 2026, 7:13 PM

Paying Tribute to a Survivor’s Moral Victory: A CNN Documentary that Resonates

Photo of Zayde and Daniel. Photo courtesy of the author.

I felt totally immersed listening to my Newtown, Pa. Hadassah chapter's guest speaker CNN'S Elie Honig, producer of the documentary, 60 Years Ago We Saw the Face of Evil. Honig was clearly infused with a Jewish pride that mirrored my own! A CNN analyst and...

Jul 3, 2026, 7:10 PM

Where the sky caressed the earth

The Yam Tso holy lake. Tibet, 2000.

I have been lucky enough to travel to many places, and in some of them the sky seemed distant, almost unreachable. But there is one place I still remember, even decades later, as the opposite experience: Tibet. I remember walking...

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