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Ziona Greenwald

Nov 23, 2017, 12:04 PM

One of the things I love best about living in Israel is that my children's lives now revolve around the Jewish and Israeli holidays that the moon brings. We are not blanketed by Halloween or Christmas symbols, decorations, and...

Nov 2, 2017, 11:09 AM

On the streets. . .

The news alert flashed on my screen, disappearing as quickly as it appeared. Another runaway truck mowing down pedestrians on a city street. The location initially did not register, just my despair that such incidents seem to be happening...

Francine M. Gordon

Nov 1, 2017, 6:24 AM

Of Halloween, Horror & History — Reflections from the Upper West Side

Let me start by making clear that Halloween was NOT a holiday celebrated in our home as I was raising my children. As a very communally involved Jewish parent raising children in suburban Cleveland in the wake of the...

Douglas M. Bloomfield

Nov 1, 2017, 1:07 AM

It's been a very spooky Halloween for Donald Trump as he wanders the halls of the White House, encountering the ghost of Richard Nixon and cursing Robert Mueller. The big fright came Monday morning. It wasn't the expected indictment of...

Oct 29, 2017, 6:57 AM

On Tuesday, October 31, many of us will celebrate Halloween. We will dress up in costumes and attend parties. Children will go door-to-door “trick or treating.” Of course, some will use the holiday as an excuse to create mischief...

Oct 21, 2017, 12:49 PM

Happy Halloween: Omens And Portents

My life sometimes seems full of Halloween portents and omens. When I moved to North Carolina, we lived on the shore of a large lake; I occasionally watched an eagle gracefully swoop down, a picture of serenity, and suddenly...

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