Esther Sperber
By Esther Sperber
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Opinion On Purim, there’s a fast before the festival. It’s a ritual I need in these dark times
An ancient rite is an act of mourning, prayer, repentance and remembrance, writes an architect, author and Israeli immigrant
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Opinion This year, I learned the pain and beauty of praying outside
This essay originally appeared in the New York Jewish Week. Friday night. We are standing in a paved plaza beside Riverside Drive; the air is crisp, the fresh snow is sparkling like diamond dust in the setting sun. We are 6 feet apart and masked (I can’t wait for this combined phrase to become obsolete)….
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