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HOME & FAMILY The Orphan's Kaddishby C. Regev Synopsis: Shloime, a nine-year-old orphan, experiences stage fright whenever he has to stand up and recite Kaddish for his mother. The arguments, back and forth, repeat themselves, and his father is at his wit's end.
Criticism My friend Gila, who edits children's books, complains that the boss makes her feel incompetent and stupid. "I worked on a manuscript for quite a while and when I handed it in, he remarked sacrastically that I was so disorganized that everything took twice as long as it should have."
Let's Go Out to the Field
Some people like to read on long bus rides. When I'm
traveling, I like to dream -- not with closed eyes but,
rather, as I gaze out at the exhilirating vistas which whiz
by. Green expanses and fragrant fields particularly
invigorate me, and stir up memories of the days when I was
young and ambitious.
An Urgent Message About Summer Plans
[excerpted from a long letter by a reader]
We are parents who live in a wonderful Jerusalem neighborhood
populated by native Israelis and English speaking
olim, all Torah observant. We write to decry a plague
that has long had its effects on many families every
summer.
A Note on Nostalgia Welcome back, Malka Adler. We don't know if you're collecting all of your irresistible writings for a second Sunny Slice of Life, but in any case, we're glad you sent a spoonful (of chocolate ice cream) our way...
Pa's Story Another, self-standing installment in the life of Pa
Why Worry? When does assertiveness turn into aggression, frugality into miserliness, generosity into squandering... responsibility into worry?
Your Medical Questions Answered! EBM -- evidence-based medicine -- is the rage these days in the medical literature. This theory states that proper medicine should be based on evidence, not on experience, experts or hunch. The main source for this is the Cochrane coalition, which is accessible via the Internet.
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