Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. (“The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus, mounted on the Statue of Liberty). We all yearn to breathe free, to be free. But do we really know what freedom means? Ask somebody the meaning of freedom and you will usually get an answer […]
Positive Word Power The Mendelson family had a quirky sense of humor. They loved to tease one another and were masterful mimics who could quickly capture other people’s mannerisms and speech patterns or simply launch into characters they had created themselves. These “routines” and family jokes wove their way into their conversations whenever the whole […]
Positive Word Power Gitty always puts her cup right at the edge of the table. If her mother notices, she will remind the child to move it back to a safer spot. If not, she will clean up yet another spill. Why doesn’t Gitty ever learn, her mother wonders. Gitty’s mother is exhausted from a […]
Positive Word Power As Tzippora lay in bed reviewing the evening’s events, she found that her heart was still beating hard. The anguish aroused by the latest battle with her daughter was slow to fade. How had she gotten caught up in such a pitched battle? How had it devolved into screaming and recriminations? She thought back […]
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From Dr. Howard Kay, husband of the late Lori Gilbert-Kaye, the woman who was murdered at the Chabad of Poway, on the last day of Passover.