Barbara Sheklin Davis is an educator and author from Syracuse, New York. Her most recent book is “100 Jewish Things to Do Before You Die,” just issued by Pelican Publishing.
Barbara Sheklin Davis
By Barbara Sheklin Davis
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Community It’s Time We Unmask Purim’s Dark Truths
God is missing from the Purim megillah. This is disturbing and adds to the moral void in which the story takes place. Esther’s very name comes from the Hebrew nistar, which means “hidden.” There is much about Esther which is hidden — her ambiguous relationship with Mordechai, her Jewish heritage, her deception of the king….
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Community The Funding Crisis In Our Day Schools
“The Jewish Academy will shut its doors after 13 years, the fourth day school to close in Suffolk County due of a lack of students.” The story in The New York Jewish Week is heartbreaking, as is the Canadian Jewish News article, “Parents, Community Concerned over Associated’s Potential Closing.” Three Jewish day schools in Toronto…
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Community Where Did All The Jewish People Go?
“Everywhere around the world They’re coming to America Every time that flag’s unfurled They’re coming to America Got a dream to take them there They’re coming to America Got a dream they’ve come to share They’re coming to America.” — Neil Diamond, America The words of the song express the hopes and dreams of all…
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