He’s a veritable promdi (provincial kid) with vivid childhood memories of cavorting in the river and being circumcised under a tree. She’s a bona fide city mouse with memories of …
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Crisis and Freedom
This time each year, I usually escape into a solo trip to fill my seemingly insatiable appetite for silence, and solitude, and freedom. This year, I find myself in just …
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In Memoriam
We will get through this. As proven time and again, mankind will overcome this struggle as he has done before — over wars, plagues, natural calamities. This pandemic will be …
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Numbers
We’re all bound to get it, you say.Eight out of ten people will fall ill. But even then, you say, we’ll be fine.The numbers show Eighty percent of cases are …
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Broken
Our world is broken. And like a broken leg that needs to heal, we are being asked, through the lockdowns that are being imposed in some countries, to allow our …
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Retaining the Important
My dad’s mind has been quite picky lately. It doesn’t hold on to a whole host of things like appointments, dates, and doctors’ diagnoses. He defends it by saying “why …
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French Lessons
Paris, December 2019 As we were leaving a boulangerie, my friend asked “Why did you say merci beaucoup?” “Umm, to be polite?” “But the lady didn’t do anything special. She …
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Paris, who are you?
Paris, December 2019 Can someone please tell me WHAT is up with Paris?? Like, HOW has Paris become so … agreeable? Seriously, it’s disconcerting. . Suddenly, salespeople are delightfully helpful. …
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On Language, Love, and Transformations
Cana, Israel It was in a wedding at Cana that Jesus performed his first miracle. When the wedding party he and Mary were attending ran out of wine, Jesus transformed six …
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The Tyranny of Choice
“You can. You just need to decide soon.” I was in my doctor’s office getting results of tests that determined my ability to beget children at this age. The doctor …
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