Rebecca Einstein Schorr
By Rebecca Einstein Schorr
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Life The Origins Of Halloween Are Pagan. But That Doesn’t Mean We Should Avoid It Entirely.
When my children were young, they attended preschool at our local Jewish Community Center. While there, with the exception of Nowruz (Persian New Year), they had no in-school experience with any holiday that was not a Jewish or an American one. No Christmas or Easter. No St. Valentine’s Day or St. Patrick’s Day. And no…
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Life Goy: Origin, Usage, and Empowering White Supremacists
Did you happen to catch the HuffPost headline this past Friday, announcing Bannon’s departure from the White House? “Goy, Bye!” it proclaimed. A headline meant as a play on a lyric by Beyonce from her most recent album, Lemonade. (A reference, I suspect, many did not get.) Even so, the headline made me extremely uncomfortable….
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Opinion Bernie’s Crazy Hair — and Other Things Hillary Would Never Get Away With
Andrew Shephard (Michael Douglas) of “The American President.” Josiah Bartlett (Martin Sheen) of “The West Wing.” James Marshall (Harrison Ford) of “Air Force One.” Allison Taylor (Cherry Jones) of “24.” Looking back at some of Hollywood’s presidents, I am struck by one thing: They look presidential. Yes, they have the benefit of having hair and…
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Opinion Stop LOL-ing at My ‘Crazy Jewish Mom’
Photo from “Crazy Jewish Mom” on Instagram I have a Jewish mom. You have a Jewish mom. Heck, I am a Jewish mom. And I might be crazy. But it’s not because I’m Jewish. Last November, Kate Siegel decided to create an Instagram account called “Crazy Jewish Mom” in order to share private iMessages from…
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Life The New Meaning of the Bar and Bat Mitzvah
We humans are resistant to change. It unsettles us. Causes us discomfort. And anxiety. And yet, as first articulated by the Greek philosopher, Heraclitus, change is the only constant. Whether or not we like it, things do change. What is in our control is how we choose to handle it. Do we deny its inevitability…
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