Erin Beser
By Erin Beser
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Opinion What I told my children when our synagogue was graffitied with a swastika
“This is the complicated, real truth of what it means to be Jewish in America right now,” writes a mother and rabbi’s wife from suburban Philadelphia
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Fast Forward My mom’s hamantaschen recipe carries the memories that she is losing
A Jewish educator reflects on the Purim cookie she used to make with her mother, who has been diagnosed with aphasia.
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