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PHOTO CREDIT: DEBORAH GOLDSTEIN
Family / Kids

Three to a seat

conversationally I watched my son board the school bus and find his usual spot, the third child in a crammed seat in the front row. Those three sit together each morning and play Yu-Gi-Oh, a Japanese trading card game. Asher used to wave while the bus pulled away. He used to […]

Take a stand against bullying with GLAAD and VillageQ
Kids / Media

Take a stand against bullying with GLAAD and VillageQ

There are a lot of great things in life that are purple – Harold’s crayon, the one-eyed people eater, jelly beans and eggplant! Wait – eggplant is aubergine. Which came first the eggplant or the color aubergine? I don’t know but I’m not here to talk about that timeless question. I’m […]

Jewish American Bullies
News & Politics

Jewish American Bullies

When I was 12 years old, I attended a high-priced sleepaway camp in the Poconos for über-wealthy Jewish kids from Long Island and the Upper East Side of Manhattan. Activities included go-karting, horsebackriding, waterskiing and ziplining. The parents that didn’t arrive in Jaguars and Mercedes on visiting day landed their […]