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A Jew Visits the Church Where She Was Baptized
My grandmother, Lenna Hobbs Burges, was born in Preachersville, Kentucky in 1884. Read more
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Dear President Bush,
I am a lifelong Democrat, and I come from generations of Democrats. Read more
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The Last Page
Maybe fiction is for this. You drop into a world. You start to really care about these people. Read more
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This Year We Flew a Pride Flag
Last June I asked from the front seat “How about we fly a Pride Flag?” I could feel the relief without even looking. Read more
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Why I Keep Rereading Harriet the Spy
Harriet the Spy by Louise Fitzhugh was originally published sixty years ago this past January, when I was six years old. Read more
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Singing Harmony
your voice is a strong hand in the small of my back … Read more
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To the couple I overheard conversing in the next cubicle
I never saw you and I don’t even remember exactly what I heard you say Read more
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A Different World
If a person feels like prey it is natural to strive for invisibility. Read more
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Our Egyptian Stepmother
I was asked to deliver the “drash” (sermon) at my synagogue on October 28, 2023 Read more