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Landmarks are very important. They help you remember where things are. Before Waze, when you had to give people directions to your house, I remember telling people after the first traffic light by the bagel store, count 10 blocks and when you see the Armenian Church, make a left onto the dead-end street. Good times. As you get older, landmarks definitely become more important. When I am in the shtetl, I have a tendency to get lost because every street more or less looks the same. This past Shabbos, I...Continue Reading
As very busy people in busy digital worlds, we often focus only on things that affect our inner circle directly. Outside of our personal passions, interests, and affinities, and our kids’ activities, interests, and affinities, we tend to stay in our own lanes. Not because we lack...Continue Reading
Even if you strip it of anything to do with politics, it’s a fascinating idea. A chamber ensemble of young musicians, alumni of Polyphony, will be part of “A Taste of Home,” a program that includes both music and food, but not as in having good food available...Continue Reading
Sometimes a person seems just absolutely right for a job. A natural. It seems, in fact, as if there are only two people who possibly could have that position — the man who held it for decades and the woman who is transitioning into it right now, with...Continue Reading
