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Join the Jewish Federation of Greater Binghamton for a community Yom HaShoah commemoration featuring Samuel Rind.
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Years ago, I developed my own definition of happiness. The reason behind defining the term was that, at that time, many people were talking about their search for happines...
By Shelley Hubal
One-hundred-ninety-eight days. If, God forbid, the hostages are not freed by the first night of Passover, it will mark 198 days since their torture and captivity began. The hostag...
By Bill Simons
It is a wonderful photo, capturing the exuberance and promise of young women. Their evident confidence announces a readiness to embark on life’s adventures. Possessed of express...
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
Books for tweens
My original plan for this review was to group books in order by age (teen first, then tween, followed by picture books)...
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
A holy ecology
“The Song of Songs” is one of the most difficult biblical books to understand and interpret. Its poetry is so vague that readers not only debate who ...
By Rabbi Rachel Esserman
There’s a joke about Jewish holidays that says, “They tried to kill us; we won; let’s eat.” When thinking of recorded Jewish history, that statement could be chang...