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Sep 27

COVID is Back from Vacation

The Pandemic Tyme Preacher Woman is back — and just in time, it appears. The PTPW — whose name I will not publish, lest any crazies reading this column feel inclined to harass her — is a 60-something Jewish woman living in New York City. …

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COVID is Back from Vacation
COVID is Back from Vacation
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Sep 13

Savoring a ‘Shehecheyanu Moment’

This moment had been on my horizon for four months and a week. In late April, from the bed I occupied in the Emory University Hospital cardiac unit, I worried aloud that it might not be possible. Would I be able to do this? On that occasion I was slapped…

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Savoring a ‘Shehecheyanu Moment’
Savoring a ‘Shehecheyanu Moment’
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Aug 30

Speeding Past History

I doubt that motorists speeding along Roswell Road at sunset on Aug. 17 noticed that a few dozen people were gathered on the south side of the Interstate 75 overpass, on a sidewalk near the parking lot of a Mexican restaurant. I wonder if any of them have ever pulled…

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Speeding Past History
Speeding Past History
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Aug 30

End of the Road for Etgar 36 Summer Bus Trips

The wheels on the Etgar 36 bus have stopped going ‘round and ‘round. Over 20 summers, Billy Planer took more than 600 teenagers on a multi-week, cross-country journey, exploring history, culture, contentious issues — all the while teaching the value of listening for the sake of conversation rather than confrontation. …

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End of the Road for Etgar 36 Summer Bus Trips
End of the Road for Etgar 36 Summer Bus Trips
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Aug 9

When Both Sides are ‘Pro-Israel’

Israel’s political crisis has muddled further the meaning of the already ambiguous phrase “pro-Israel.” Are you “pro-Israel” if you back the judicial “reform” laws making their way through the Knesset, engineered by Israel’s longest-serving prime minister and the most right-wing government in its 75-year history? Or are you “pro-Israel” if…

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When Both Sides are ‘Pro-Israel’
When Both Sides are ‘Pro-Israel’
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Jul 26

Venting Hard Feelings

Four months after a bill to define antisemitism was kicked to the curb by the Georgia Senate, a mix of rebuttal, resentment, and recrimination is being vented. — Republican Sen. Ed Setzler makes no bones about actions he felt were necessary to derail legislation that he labels as “outrageously broad” and “dangerously vague.” Jewish Democratic Rep. Esther Panitch, meanwhile, insists that House Bill 30 was mischaracterized, misunderstood, and mistreated in the Senate.

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Venting Hard Feelings
Venting Hard Feelings
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Jul 12

Back in the Garden

In recent years, this column has regaled (or bored) readers with tales from our garden, reports on the planting, growing, harvesting, and eating of home-grown fruits and vegetables. This year — until now — readers have been spared such updates, as for more than two months my health did not…

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Back in the Garden
Back in the Garden
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Jun 28

As I Was Saying . . .

“The road ahead will be long and slow, requiring patience and perseverance.” Those words, which appeared in my May 5 column — “My Heart Attack Has a Nickname” — were the last I wrote, until this column. At the time, I had hoped that the stent implanted in my left…

Heart Attack

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As I Was Saying . . .
As I Was Saying . . .
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May 5

My Heart Attack Has a Nickname

In technical terms, what I suffered on the next-to-last Friday in April was a STEMI, a ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction. This type of heart attack, defined by blockage of a major artery and dying heart muscle, has a nickname: “The widowmaker.” I knew I was in trouble when I woke…

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My Heart Attack Has a Nickname
My Heart Attack Has a Nickname
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Apr 26

Sometimes, a Hat is More Than a Hat

It’s just a hat. It’s a thing. I should not get upset over a thing. Get The AJT Newsletter by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up That’s what I told myself as we prepared to leave after a three-day trip to Chicago, all the while mentally…

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Sometimes, a Hat is More Than a Hat
Sometimes, a Hat is More Than a Hat
Memories

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