Mara Sokolsky
By Mara Sokolsky
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Yiddish World A very New York story: Shlepping up the stairs when there’s no elevator
Growing up in a Jewish housing complex without elevators seemed like a hassle to the author but those steps kept her healthy
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Books Keep a ton of notebooks? Mazel tov: You’re part of an old Jewish tradition
The Jewish respect for the printed word is well reflected in the adage: a Jewish thief steals only books.
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Yiddish World Rekindling our Jewish friendships
The wonderful thing about old friends is that they knew our parents as young adults and they even remember our childhood rooms.
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Yiddish World Paring down our possessions as we get older — a Sukkos parable
For empty-nesters who have begun downsizing to a smaller home, the Sukkah paradigm really resonates.
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Yiddish World My New Year reflections as a secular Jew
How much residue of anger, impatience or arrogance is still attaching itself to our daily interactions?
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Yiddish World Suddenly looking like our aging parents did
"Often I see someone after a hiatus and my breath catches in my throat, because suddenly they look just like their parents," Sokolsky writes.
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Yiddish World Remembering Gella Schweid-Fishman — a Yiddish teacher we teen girls could relate to
The other teachers, all male, had fled Europe, and their accents and bearing bespoke ‘old country’
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Yiddish World Our grown children and their dating apps
As parents, we tend to fight hard for our children’s happiness. But in this arena, we’re powerless.
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