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Reviewing ‘Now You Are Here’ by Sarah Goldstein

April 6, 2024April 17, 2024Arsen Mayer

Sarah Goldstein’s mother, Leah Krupit, lived with Alzheimer’s disease for a quarter of a century. She survived more than twice as long, in some cases five times longer, than most people who are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia. Bringing her mother to Israel and caring for her during her final years […]

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Reviewing ‘Bummer’ by Marcus Burnstein

March 17, 2024March 17, 2024Arsen Mayer

The significance of the title of Marcus Burnstein’s book Bummer will, I am afraid, be lost on many readers born and raised in North America. Other Anglos – as we in Israel indiscriminatingly dub all English-speaking people – will get it. A “bum” in American English is something quite different from a “bum“ in British […]

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‘The Genius of Israel’: How we became the ‘Comeback Nation’ – review

January 26, 2024January 26, 2024David Rutman

I am a longtime fan of Major League Baseball’s Boston Red Sox. They hold the record for one of baseball’s great comebacks. In 2004, they trailed the New York Yankees by three games to none in a best-of-seven league championship series. Nonetheless, they went on to win four games straight, advanced to the World Series, […]

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‘THE ELEPHANT IN MY ROOM’: Helping Israeli kids cope with war – review

December 23, 2023December 23, 2023Arsen Mayer

Yael Walfish is a social worker based in Passaic, New Jersey. She wrote a therapeutic coloring book for children in Israel to help them cope with fear and trauma. The book is being distributed for free, with crayons, to displaced children in Israel, with versions in Hebrew and English. The Elephant in My Room is […]

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