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TG

BECAUSE of my initials, T or TG, I have always had a special spot for T-Day, T-Giving Day, or Thanks-Giving Day. My friend Julie coined the nickname “TG” for me,...

Who is a ‘good person?’

SARAH’S Key is a novel about Sarah, a 10 year old girl, caught in the Vel’d’Hiv roundup in Paris during the summer of 1942. It is also the story of […]

How to talk to a neo-Nazi

A chance meeting with a neo-Nazi. An opportunity to impact a person's soul.

Checking references

Dear Tzviling, My cousin sent me a number of your columns discussing shidduchim (matchmaking). In particular, the column dated Oct. 23, 2009, raises a vital issue when...

Better than chicken soup

WITH the comforting warm hues of burnt oranges, reds and golds glowing all around and tucking us deeper and deeper into the indoors, there is a comforting sort of...

Why I will never give a penny to NPR

IF you think I am upset with National Public Radio because of the way it covers Israel, you are wrong. Because the way it covers Israel, it covers the rest […]

Political correctness taken too far

THIS week I experienced an eerie sense of deja vu. As the reports began coming in from Fort Hood Texas, something felt hauntingly familiar. It was those pictures. It was...

Hasan’s motives

ONE reads and hears with increasing disbelief and anger that we don’t know the motive or motives of Nidal Malik Hasan, the Army major who fired over 100 shots at...

From generation to generation

WHAT does a great-grandparent know of his great-grandchild born the day after he dies? What does a child, told that his looks or mannerisms resemble the grandparent he...

What is the secret to happiness?

Dear Tzviling, I recently came back from my first trip to Israel. It was truly fascinating, especially the time I spent in Safed (Tzfat). In Tzfat I noticed that...