Letters from the Editor
YOUR TURN: Reader stories of vaccine-dilemmas at hair salons and beyond
When my hairdresser told me she did not plan to get vaccinated, I didn’t know what to say or do. So I asked a few rabbis. And then I asked you.
What a haircut taught me about rebuke, rights and responsibilities regarding the coronavirus vaccine
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Wear sunscreen. Put down your phone. Be kind. We are all graduates in the Class of 2021.
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Small talk and others skills I’m struggling to re-learn as we build a better normal
I don’t want to go back to normal. I want a new normal, a less hectic, more intentional, more balanced life based on lessons learned in the pandemic.
With Israel (maybe) about to get a new prime minister, a look back at an old one (and his wife)
He was called a terrorist and a fascist, but he was also a lover. New Begin documentary centers his relationship with his wife and soulmate, Aliza.
Need a little “Israel Therapy”? Meet Libby Lenkinski, unlicensed professional
The escalation in Israeli-Palestinian violence and antisemitism have a lot of us asking questions. She can help think them through.
Your kids’ questions on Israeli-Palestinian violence, answered
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Looking at history may help understand Israeli-Palestinian violence, but won’t end it
The dueling narratives are impossible to reconcile, so the only hope for a peace agreement is to focus on the future.
What I learned about Israeli politics from Yair Lapid
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We are all Lag B’Omer pilgrims on Mount Meron
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