Jonathan D. Rosenblum, now of Madison, WI, grew up a few miles from Wrigley Field and still can’t believe he never had an at-bat there.
Jonathan D. Rosenblum
By Jonathan D. Rosenblum
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Culture Catching My Breath At Sinai On Rosh Hashanah
“Got a second?” I asked Dr. Doug, measuring the time with great care. I lay on a gurney and flipped on the speaker. The chief surgeon, his white coat identifying him as “Ram Reddy” stood over me. Ready. My ATT signal wasn’t working at Mount Sinai (the one on Madison Avenue and 101st Street) so…
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Community Kol Nidre, Kabalah, and the Cubs
A few hours after the Kol Nidre service that marks the beginning of Yom Kippur, 11:07 p.m. Chicago time, my phone buzzed. My iPhone was on for emergencies: with the kid away in college and my 91 year old mom alone in her apartment, I had to check. The message spelled “W-O-W.” “Dad, Cubs had…
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