Home For Shabbat
By Deena Yellin
I glanced at my watch nervously. Usually, I avoid flying Friday afternoons for fear I won't arrive in time, but this time, I figured I'd be safe. I figured wrong...
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Songs Of Innocence
By Deena Yellin
My spiritual mentor drinks heavily, straight from the bottle. Most of his wisdom is culled from the works of Dr. Seuss and of a certain purple dinosaur
Society & Living » Parenting » Other Authors » Songs Of Innocence
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Smiling at Death
Simcha (Shari) Gershan: Contagious Enthusiasm even in the Darkest Moments
By Deena Yellin
After Shari was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer in April 2008, the health conscious non-smoker was shocked. She concluded that there had to be reason she was chosen for this journey. So the 41-year-old mother of four embraced the illness as a gift ...
Society & Living » Jewish Life » Smiling at Death
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How to Connect Your Children to the High Holidays
By Deena Yellin
Children are never too young to learn the valuable lessons of forgiveness and transformation. Here's a list of creative activities to bring home to your children the valuable lessons of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.
Society & Living » Parenting » Other Authors » How to Connect Your Children to the High Holidays
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Fighting Loneliness and Isolation
I-Volunteer: Pairing Holocaust Survivors with Young Volunteers
By Deena Yellin
They managed to survive some of the greatest horrors known to man in the modern age. But now, many aging Holocaust survivors are facing a new affliction: loneliness.
Society & Living » Jewish Life » Fighting Loneliness and Isolation
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Warning the Western World
Brigitte Gabriel: A Lebanese Christian Journalist Battles for Israel
By Deena Yellin
When Gabriel entered the emergency room, she was shocked by what she saw around her: hundred of wounded people, Muslims, Palestinians and Christians being treated by Israeli doctors. "They didn't see religion, they didn't see political affiliation, they ...
Society & Living » Jewish Life » Warning the Western World
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The Cholent Cook-Off
By Deena Yellin
My cholent is a concoction of: a bow to ancient tradition, a recognition of life's bitterness and sweetness, and deference to my pedigree as a fourth-generation American
Society & Living » Daily Life » The Cholent Cook-Off
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Defiance
The Bielski Brothers Heroic Tale of Survival
By Deena Yellin
As the film credits rolled, Jessica Bielski sat perfectly still in her chair and wept. Finally, her grandfather's amazing story of how he helped save hundreds of Jews from Nazi extermination would be told to the world.
Society & Living » Jewish Life » Defiance
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Four Completed Lives
By Deena Yellin
There was Ari, 15, who used to say that "life was too short to waste on anger." Noah, 6, was extra nice to children who had trouble making friends. Adira, 5, was strong-willed and carefree. Natan, 4, had Down syndrome and loved to play guitar and sing...
Society & Living » Voices » Endurance » Four Completed Lives
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Upsherin
A Jewish boy's first haircut
By Deena Yellin
Then it was haircut time. I squeezed my eyes shut, half expecting the same cries I heard at his bris, which seems like it was just yesterday. But when I looked up, he was grinning.
Lifecycles » Upsherin
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