Ilana Kurshan
…have been both invoked and appropriated. In Esther in America, edited by Rabbi Dr. Stuart W. Halpern [Maggid, $29.95], an array of scholars, rabbis and educators consider the roles that…
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…white family. Rheyna Halpern, won first place for “Language Says It All,” a documentary which explores how deaf children communicate with their families. Sophie Masloff, became the first woman mayor…
No, Margaret Sanger Wasn’t Jewish
by Melissa R. Klapper
…of the Depression; these women bore witness to the damage uncontrolled childbearing could do. Testifying before Congress in 1934, Brooklyn mother Rose Halpern said, “Having had seven births in 11…
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…I’ve Gone Through More than Most Adults by Hana Wildman Halpern Every day after school I would rush to see Orli, knowing I didn’t have a lot of time left….
The Stories We Tell
Rebecca Honig Friedman
…of Separation: “The Carp in the Bathtub [by Barb Cohen and Joan Halpern] has always been one of my favorite children’s books––and I think about it to this day, sometimes…
I’m Eleven and I’ve Lost My Hair
Orli Wildman Halpern as told to Sarah Wildman
…And I danced. On screen. Orli Wildman Halpern is in the 5th grade, her mother Sarah Wildman is author of Paper Love: Searching for the Girl My Grandfather Left Behind….