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May 14, 2018, 11:32 PM

Take My President (Please!): The Gift of Trump Doesn’t Have To Stop With The Embassy

As the new embassy opens in Jerusalem, Americans and Israelis alike join in celebrating the gift of a president, Trump, who has been instrumental in ensuring this historic event. But many Americans find Trump the kind of gift they...

Mar 31, 2018, 2:03 AM

Seder 2018: Passover Politics and Pairings

I can’t imagine a Passover seder this year NOT connecting the dots about the threats posed by modern day authoritarianism. Being Jewish these days likely means we’ll hear both “Let My People Go… to the polls” and “Next year...

Mar 9, 2018, 4:12 PM

I Experimented With Being Bi (partisan) at AIPAC

My mistrust of the Trump administration is not something I have been quiet about (see my “50 Shades of Trump” in The Hill, or “A Jewish Mother Takes Trump to Task” in The Forward, or any number of posts...

Jan 7, 2018, 7:49 AM

A Prayer for 2018

Faces around me, intent in prayer, are beautiful My forehead on cool stone, I begin “Please, g-d...” But I pause, not sure anymore what I’m asking for, or even if it’s OK to ask. In my head I hear my words. “Please g-d” And realize...

Dec 22, 2017, 10:26 PM

Look who I found on JDate!

Illustrative. (iStock)

BTW, being Jewish is a real deal-breaker for me, so I hope you’re planning on converting

Sep 29, 2017, 5:21 PM

A Personal Al Cheyt

For the sin which we have committed before You willingly or because we felt pressured to, sinning to save face or avoid penalty, censure or scorn And for the sin which we have committed before You by closing our eyes...

Aug 25, 2017, 5:17 PM

Overheard in Boca

Playing "Mah-Jong" at the Clubhouse of the Century Village Retirement Community (photo credit: Flip Schulke)

Eavesdropping on the Mah Jongg ladies in Boca

Apr 15, 2017, 7:42 AM

Dayenu: Has It Been Enough?

The Passover seder includes the song “Dayenu” - literally “Enough!” Dayenu celebrates that any one of 15 wondrous acts of G-d performed at the time of the Jews’ exodus from Egypt would have sufficed, would have been enough. As...

Mar 30, 2017, 7:48 PM

1973 All Over Again

In 1973, I fell in love for the first time. It felt like love, anyway - years later, like most women, I learned to recognize red flags and differentiate crushes from the real thing. But at seven years old, I loved...

Feb 21, 2017, 3:30 PM

Don’t tell me it’s raining

Why won't President Trump call out indisputable anti-Semitism, like the many JCC bomb threats...and the Holocaust?

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Judi Zirin is an attorney and freelance writer in the New York area.