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Great news! The sad news about Sunkist Fruit Gems now has a happy ending. Apparently, a lot of folks were upset, protests were held, letters were written, and there were social media campaigns a plenty. Fruit Gems aren’t going anywhere. It’s a Sukkot miracle! And now we can go back to our regularly scheduled programming. If only everything in life were that easy. And in more great news, I am beyond grateful and thankful to Hashem to tell you all that Matzo Ball is a big brother to a baby...Continue Reading
Even if you strip it of anything to do with politics, it’s a fascinating idea. A chamber ensemble of young musicians, alumni of Polyphony, will be part of “A Taste of Home,” a program that includes both music and food, but not as in having good food available...Continue Reading
Sometimes a person seems just absolutely right for a job. A natural. It seems, in fact, as if there are only two people who possibly could have that position — the man who held it for decades and the woman who is transitioning into it right now, with...Continue Reading
The trauma of my family history weighed on me as we drove toward a cursed tract of land deep in the Polish province of Masovia, 70 miles northeast of Warsaw. On either side of the road, pine tree trunks soared 80 feet before their branches, thick with...Continue Reading
