Amid Soot & Smoke Damage, There’s Hope
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Last week on Sunday evening, a fire was set at the Masjid Omar Islamic Center. Then the next day, Mercy Islamic Center was similarly set ablaze, miraculously no one was […]
Continue readingMay 2, 2023
April 28, 2023
Herzl, Olami Named Among Top Summer Camps In America
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Herzl Camp and Camp Olami were two of the camps named among the 500 best in America by Newsweek magazine on Wednesday, according to the results of their nationwide study. […]
Continue readingApril 21, 2023
Rehovot Welcomes Minneapolis To Celebrate A Strong Partnership
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REHOVOT, Israel – In 2003, the Minneapolis Jewish Federation Board decided to re-enter Partnership2Gether, a program that partners Jewish communities around the world with cities or regions in Israel to […]
Continue readingApril 20, 2023
Why Can’t My Neighbor Pronounce My Name?
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Got a question? E-mail me to submit a question, and to read future Miriam’s Advice Well columns, visit miriamsadvicewell.com weekly on Thursday. Dear Miriam, My neighbor doesn’t know how to […]
Continue readingApril 19, 2023
Meaningful Interactions Everywhere, Even The Edge Of A Crater
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MITZPEH RAMON, Israel – I went rappelling once in my life before Wednesday morning. Check that. I attempted to go rappelling once in my life before Wednesday morning. Long story […]
Continue readingApril 18, 2023
Remembering Lova & Bronia – Shahar Cohen’s Family Story
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Today is Holocaust Remembrance Day. To honor this day, I would like to share a family story. This is a love story during World War II between my great-grandmother: Bronia, […]
Continue readingApril 18, 2023
A Personal Yom HaShoah
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Last night we began the observance of Yom Hashoah v’Hag’vurah (the Jewish National Day of Commemorating the Holocaust and the Heroism) at the Monument to the Martyrs of Zagłębie, just […]
Continue readingApril 18, 2023
Flowers at Auschwitz
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The Creeping Thistle is no flower. Although it’s reddish-light purple, globe like ball of fluff makes you think otherwise, the aggressive weed is illegal in different parts of the United […]
Continue readingApril 14, 2023
Travel Anxiety and a First-Timers Visit To Israel
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The trip anxiety started a week ago. It always starts a week before traveling. Sleeping poorly because I’m worrying about packing too much. Or too little. Did I bring the […]
Continue readingApril 13, 2023
How Do I Handle An Inappropriate Book Of Torah Commentary?
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Got a question? E-mail me to submit a question, and to read future Miriam’s Advice Well columns, visit miriamsadvicewell.com weekly on Thursday. Dear Miriam, An elderly family friend recently passed […]
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