Mark Pearlman
By Mark Pearlman
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Community What the rabbi learned from the lobster
The death of the Chasidic rabbi and famed psychiatrist, Rabbi Dr. Abraham Twerski, on Jan. 31 prompted much coverage in the U.S. and Israel, where he lived in his later years. But the press missed a major element of his important legacy. The obituaries covered his religious and universal appeal through the more than 80…
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News Letter from Palm Beach: Santiago Lopez goes from the counter to the front lines
It is Wednesday at noon, just hours before the Passover holiday begins, at the Reserve Shopping Center in Boca Raton, Flor. Inside the cars lined up in neat rows outside Ben’s Deli, masked customers patiently wait for their kosher Passover Package — matzo, roasted chicken or brisket, haroset, the works. No one dares enter the…
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