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Esther Kook
The author and her granddaughter bake challah together.
January 15, 2026, 9:57 am
Perfectly imperfect
Learning to bake challah is learning to connect, create, hope, and pray
By Esther Kook
Esther Kook smiles as she visits the mall.
December 19, 2024, 9:55 am
The happiest time of the year
Our correspondent remembers the winters of her childhood
By Esther Kook
Esther Kook in Florida: From left, Esther’s cousin, Jeannie; her sister, Eve; Esther; and Esther’s daughter, Elana.
September 12, 2024, 9:56 am
Kindness of strangers
Our correspondent is stranded at an airport when goodness gets her home
By Esther Kook
Esther and her daughter, Elana, stand together at Elana’s wedding.
May 11, 2022, 7:54 pm
Weddings return to full bloom
Observations on the joys and perils of the new-old normal
By Esther Kook
Betty White is at the Academy Awards in 1989. (Alan Light/Wikimedia Commons)
January 12, 2022, 5:55 pm
Remembering Betty White — and Aunt Helen
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By Esther Kook
January 5, 2022, 5:54 pm
Venturing back to Broadway
The show does go on … with masks and an emergency
By Esther Kook
November 3, 2021, 5:54 pm
Reflections on ‘From Sarah to Sydney’
The ‘All-of-a-Kind Family’ author’s biography evokes memories in a devoted reader
By Esther Kook
Ms. Kook stands at the Teaneck library’s reserve section, near the sign in memory of Helen Brueckheimer.
October 14, 2021, 9:55 am
Being a bookworm
What it’s like to go back to the library
By Esther Kook
Esther and Mark Kook
September 17, 2021, 8:54 am
Humor 101
During these hard times, a good laugh can help
By Esther Kook
Esther Kook
July 7, 2021, 4:55 pm
Frozen in time
Remembering what it felt like to be in high school and facing anti-Semitism
By Esther Kook
They made it to Florida! Esther and Mark Kook stand behind her sister and brother-in-law, Eve and Maurice Kofman, at lunch in the Sunshine State.
May 26, 2021, 5:56 pm
Feel the fear — and do it anyway
Charting the return to normal life while dealing with pandemic PTSD
By Esther Kook
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