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Resolutions

There is an old Jewish story about a rabbi named Zusia. One day Zusia came to his disciples. His eyes were red and swollen from crying...

When Christmas is Over

Christmas is over. The gifts have all been opened and the wrapping paper discarded. The lights and decorations have been taken down and...

Elmo

I came across a Christmas list I wrote when I was seven years old. At the top of a list was a little sister and “more time” (I was an odd...

Muscles

A friend of mine has a three-year-old son named Nate. He’s adorable and sweet and funny. He’s also busy and mischievous and, well, a...

Grow On

Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport was born to Protestant parents in 1912 and grew up in Hamburg, Germany. Her upbringing was relatively typical of...

The Mechanics of Change

Newton’s First Law of Motion states that an object at rest tends to stay at rest and an object in motion tends to stay in motion,...

Wrong Turns

When I was in high school, my friends and I ventured downtown for a concert one Friday night. Since I’d gotten my license only a few...

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