DO THE RIGHT THING AKA DERECH ERETZ In her last column (“What We’ve Won in this War,” Fall 2025), Naomi
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“I really believe that food makes us open up something we wouldn’t open otherwise, just like with poetry or music.” ...
“What if the solution lies not in affirming the family unit, but in expanding it outward—building a scaffolding of extended family who together create the support network children need to thrive?” ...
Also available in long, dry and boring. ...
“The world went into hiding and hid in plain sight.” ...
Jewish law—and lore—reflects many attitudes. ...
Great books to read and gift! ...
Reading Joanna Olczak-Ronikier’s book about her family, I was reminded of my first morning in Poland on a reporting assignment in 1981. ...
Labeling it a glorified scrapbook wouldn’t fit the bill, though its fusion of words and images, its blurring of the self and the collective, brings one to mind. ...
Lev’s wise and witty stories trace the lives and struggles of Baka’s denizens over the three decades following the 1967 Six-Day War. ...
To construct a list of books that made a difference in American Jewish life between 1975 and 2025 is to be reminded that however deeply you ponder what to include, the exercise’s main value is as a conversation-starter. ...
A new UC Berkeley exhibition examines the importance of water in Jewish life through paintings, carvings, and containers. ...