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Dec.23.2009
When we first moved to Blueridge Drive, a tone-y neighborhood in Knoxville, Heather was just four years old. We walked across the street with a freshly baked loaf of sourdough to introduce ourselves to one of our new neighbors. This kindly white-haired lady was wearing a picture sweater with...
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Dec.08.2009
These past 60 years, Israeli authors have been charting their own literary paths, unconfined by the commercial requirements of an American publisher. The country is made up of many nationalities mixed together, then reshaped into new segments, each a whole new character. With varying mores and...
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Dec.04.2009
Tonight I'm baking ruggalach--or cream cheese cookies--for the holiday party held at our boss's house. He's head of the English Department, and a nice guy.
I've been asked to bring one of my specialties, the Jewish cookie, ruggalach. My tried and true recipe never fails to be crowd pleaser...
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Nov.18.2009
Last January when the news was filled with major trouble between Israel and Palestine, my niece, Grace Beeler <www.gracebeeler.blogspot.com> and I, Joan Dobbie <www.joandobbie.blogspot.com> were deeply upset, feeling the confusion between our Jewish identities (my parents, her...
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Nov.03.2009
Hi everyone, I’m really excited about the Peep event I’m doing in Houston tonight. It’s part of the Annual Jewish Books & Arts Fair at the Jewish Community Centre there, and it’s also a special event for 21–40 year olds. You get drinks, snacks, a copy of The Peep Diaries and, best of all of...
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Aug.13.2009
(The following blog was originally posted at Beliefnet.com, where I debate leading Religious Right attorney, Jay Sekulow.)
Jay, I want to get back to the very serious issue of the debate over health care in a few days, but I want to interrupt that flow with a point of personal privilege.
You see, I...
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Jul.30.2009
When my first book came out, I turned into a bit of a diva.
I didn't expect it to happen. I totally wasn't diva material. It was like becoming a werewolf: one second you forgot to shave, the next you're outside, naked, howling at the moon. For me, it was more like howling at everyone who picked up...
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Jul.26.2009
The Maccabiah Games--the largest show of Jewish strength and unity through sports--have concluded on Thursday in Israel. Almost 8,000 athletes from 64 nations competed in 37 sports. Even I, disinterested in competitive sports, was moved by the thousands of participants and their families who...
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Jun.30.2009
Rich Nichol, the Director of the Rabbinical Ordination Institute at MJTI (mjti.com) says, “For final redemption to occur, the Church and the Jewish people must come together as never before.”
Stuart Dauermann, the Senior Scholar at MJTI just released a booklet this year called Christians and Jews...
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Jun.07.2009
http://thepeepdiaries.com
New York Reading: presented the book to a very kind and interested group at the McNally Jackson store in Manhattan. They gave me a coupon for a free book which I forgot to use. Hey New Yorkers: email me a great peep story or link and I’ll send ya a free book coupon. The...
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