Joanna Chen
By Joanna Chen
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Culture I volunteered, transporting sick Palestinian children to hospitals — it hardly seems possible anymore
A volunteer wonders if her dream of coexistence has been destroyed forever
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Life Why I Hate Hanukkah
For years, I’ve taken care to light the Hanukkah candles with my children. I fry latkes every single night for eight nights and make sure we sing all the right songs. I buy doughnuts filled with jelly and sometimes even make my own. And I hate every moment of it, because it was at Hanukkah…
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