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 THE HOLIDAY SEASON, GOOD WILL AND CIVILITY
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By Lesli Koppelman Ross
In Bringing light to the world, Civility, Education, Jewish Holidays
Posted December 28, 2017

THE HOLIDAY SEASON, GOOD WILL AND CIVILITY

During the days surrounding the darkest of the year, people in various faith and cultural communities throughout the world experience a glorious season of light: glowing public decorations, sky [...]

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 THE SUN, THE MOON, AND THE HUMAN HEART
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By Lesli Koppelman Ross
In Bringing light to the world, Reflections
Posted September 3, 2017

THE SUN, THE MOON, AND THE HUMAN HEART

  Many of us just learned for the first time about an amazing convergence of circumstances: The moon is exactly the right distance (400 times closer to Earth) and exactly the right size (400 [...]

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 LIFTING A SOUL WITH A SONG
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By Lesli Koppelman Ross
In Bringing light to the world, Jewish Interest, Memory
Posted August 17, 2017

LIFTING A SOUL WITH A SONG

Recently I received a phone from an acquaintance I hadn’t spoken with in several years.  Although not the reason for the contact, during our conversation Ricky Turetsky told me a fabulous [...]

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 NO TIME TO WASTE IN THE ‘FIX THE WORLD’ SWEEP STAKES
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By Lesli Koppelman Ross
In Bringing light to the world, Travel, Women
Posted July 20, 2017

NO TIME TO WASTE IN THE ‘FIX THE WORLD’ SWEEP STAKES

Years ago I worked for someone determined to earn a million dollars by age 30 (sounds modest now, but this was way before the dot-com explosion and Wall Street gone wild) — and do something [...]

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 THE STARS ARE IN OUR EYES, EARS, ARMS AND LEGS. . .  (or— OUTER SPACE AND INNER LIGHT)
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By Lesli Koppelman Ross
In Bringing light to the world, Jewish Interest, Reflections
Posted June 29, 2017

THE STARS ARE IN OUR EYES, EARS, ARMS AND LEGS. . . (or— OUTER SPACE AND INNER LIGHT)

In the summer of 1969, Joni Mitchell’s manager advised her to forego performing at a “three days of peace and music” festival in New York State (so she could instead appear on the televised Dick [...]

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 ROSI REACHES 100
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By Lesli Koppelman Ross
In Bringing light to the world, Happiness, Reflections, Rosi
Posted June 15, 2017

ROSI REACHES 100

In her 80s, Rose Schotz unexpectedly emerged from a mysterious weeks-long illness that had brought her close to death (and sometimes begging for it). She had already survived the Nazis, two bouts [...]

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 TOKEN OF APPRECIATION OR OPPROBRIUM?
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By Lesli Koppelman Ross
In Anti-Semitism, Bringing light to the world, Holocaust, Jewish Interest, Memory, Reflections
Posted June 5, 2017

TOKEN OF APPRECIATION OR OPPROBRIUM?

Our group leader challenged us to find a particular souvenir during our impromptu stop at Manufaktura. But he provided no description or clues about where to look for it in the massive shopping/ [...]

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 MARCHING OUT OF AUSCHWITZ:  REMEMBRANCE AND DEFIANCE
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By Lesli Koppelman Ross
In Anti-Semitism, Bringing light to the world, Education, Holocaust, Jewish Holidays, Jewish Interest, Memory, Travel
Posted May 17, 2017

MARCHING OUT OF AUSCHWITZ: REMEMBRANCE AND DEFIANCE

The bars over the broken steps down into the shattered hell that had been an Auschwitz death chamber seemed to be shedding tears. Residue of rain (and snow and hail) earlier in the day, the [...]

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 ENFLAMING THE EDUCATION OF A CHILD
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By Lesli Koppelman Ross
In Bringing light to the world, Education, Reflections
Posted April 6, 2017

ENFLAMING THE EDUCATION OF A CHILD

In the days leading up to the kick off of National Child Abuse Prevention Month (April), I was given the opportunity to view the trailer for a chilling documentary in production. It focuses on a [...]

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 THE SENSE AND SCIENCE OF GOOD DEEDS
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By Lesli Koppelman Ross
In Bringing light to the world, Happiness
Posted March 27, 2017

THE SENSE AND SCIENCE OF GOOD DEEDS

You know the prescription for gloominess: do something kind for someone else and feel better immediately. If you’ve ever had occasion to test its effectiveness (and who hasn’t?) you also know [...]

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