Ilana Kurshan
By Ilana Kurshan
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Life How A Two Thousand Year Old Remedy Cured My Daughter
“The only remedy for your baby is fresh goat’s milk,” the doctor told me. I looked at him incredulously and then put my daughter back in her stroller to hike up the hill to the old leprosy hospital, now an arts and media center in the heart of Jerusalem’s Talbiya neighborhood. My 18-month-old daughter was…
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Opinion This Tisha B’Av, Let’s Remember the 2,000 Year History of Women of the Wall
There is a story in the Talmud about an incident that occurred after the death of Rabbi Meir. His rival, Rabbi Yehuda, declared that Rabbi Meir’s disciples would henceforth be barred from the study house. But one of Rabbi Meir’s students forced his way in, and quoted a teaching about a priest who betroths a…
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News Remembering Anna: A Volunteer Reflects on Her Weekly Visits
Some things never changed about Anna Kainen: The pink kerchief perched atop her forest of gray hair; the large dark glasses; the tan pants that looked as if she had sewn them herself. When I arrived each Sunday morning at her 14th-floor apartment on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, she would always greet me with the…
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