Category Archives: Personal Reflections

Isn’t our new cat cute??

Working on review and in the meantime not much interesting in the Jewish world to post so here are some cat pics! 

 We got our new baby Sonia at the SPCA a few weeks ago and she is an adorable nut with no lack of energy. 

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Enormity of this cannot be ignored. So many of these words, traditions and teachings are what had sustained us Jews in exile and continue to bring light to us in darkness.

The Babylonian Talmud Is Now Available For Free Online in English and Hebrew – Tablet Magazine

http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/224157/the-babylonian-talmud-is-now-available-for-free-online-in-english-and-hebrew?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post&utm_term=The+Babylonian+Talmud+Is+Now+Available+For+Free+Online+in+English+and+Hebrew&utm_content=feb2017

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Jerusalem is Jewish.

New U.N. Secretary General Acknowledges Jewish Ties to Jerusalem. Palestinians Demand Apology. – Tablet Magazine

http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/223891/new-un-secretary-general-acknowledges-jewish-ties-to-jerusalem-palestinians-demand-apology?utm_source=tabletmagazinelist&utm_campaign=fa20efbdf9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c308bf8edb-fa20efbdf9-207659821

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The Jewish History Behind the Girl Scouts – Tablet Magazine

http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/189879/girl-scouts-jewish-history?utm_source=tabletmagazinelist&utm_campaign=fa20efbdf9-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_06&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c308bf8edb-fa20efbdf9-207659821

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Red Star Line Museum Recalls the Ships That Brought Einstein and Irving Berlin to America – Tablet Magazine

http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/153869/red-star-line-museum-antwerp?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post&utm_term=MUSEUM+IN+ANTWERP+RECALLS+THE+SHIPS+THAT+BROUGHT+EINSTEIN+AND+IRVING+BERLIN+TO+AMERICA&utm_content=feb2017

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Anti-Semitic Incidents in UK Reached All-Time High in 2016: Report – Tablet Magazine

http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/223778/anti-semitic-incidents-in-uk-reached-all-time-high-in-2016-report?utm_source=tabletmagazinelist&utm_campaign=0041cd7656-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_02_03&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c308bf8edb-0041cd7656-207659821

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For my cooking readers :)

Ina Garten’s 7 Best Jewish Recipes | The Nosher – My Jewish Learning

http://www.myjewishlearning.com/the-nosher/ina-gartens-7-best-jewish-recipes/?utm_content=buffer952c8&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mjlfacebook&utm_campaign=buffer

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Illegal Immigration: An Invisible Chapter in the Jews’ Story of Coming to America – Tablet Magazine

http://www.tabletmag.com/podcasts/173882/jewish-immigration-quota-laws?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=Post&utm_content=Libby+Garland+Podcast&utm_campaign=feb2017

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The Most Tragic Jewish Writer of Modern Times » Mosaic

https://mosaicmagazine.com/observation/2017/02/the-most-tragic-jewish-writer-of-modern-times/?utm_source=Mosaic%20Newsletter&utm_campaign=6baaf49047-Mosaic_2017_02_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_0b0517b2ab-6baaf49047-42522117

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This Twitter Account Memorializes the Passengers of the St. Louis, Who Were Denied Entry to the U.S. and Murdered by Nazis – Tablet Magazine

Twitter has its uses and misuses but this type of use of technology is definitely on a Do list. One of the most important things about remembering the Holocaust is the fact that it’s hard to humanize those who have been gone for seventy years and with Twitter sending out regular messages about faces and stories does a magnificent job reminding the world about the humanity of the victims.  

http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/223182/this-twitter-account-is-dedicated-to-the-passengers-of-the-st-louis-refugees-who-were-ultimately-killed-by-nazis?utm_source=tabletmagazinelist&utm_campaign=97b8df942e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_01_29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_c308bf8edb-97b8df942e-207659821

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