Marilyn Zeitlin
By Marilyn Zeitlin
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News A Slice of Ireland
My 2006 trip to visit Ireland’s Jewish community was a bittersweet reunion. On my first visit to the Emerald Isle in 1987, I discovered that “Irish” and “Jewish” were not contradictory terms, in this country that is more than 98% Catholic. In 1987, there was palpable pride and excitement in the Jewish population, which numbers…
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News The Rabbi Plays One on TV
Scene 1: You’re at High Holy Day services when you bend to get your prayer book and notice that the man next to you looks familiar. Chances are you don’t know the guy; you’ve just seen him on TV. Scene 2: You’re enjoying the cantor’s singing and the voice suddenly hits a chord; you realize…
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