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by Diane Joy Schmidt March 28, 2025 Another month has passed and the fear of the assault on American democracy has spilled over us while edicts issued from the Oval office a month ago seem like a year ago. Is the coalescence of governing forces today pushing the United States
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by Diane Joy Schmidt April 13, 2024 The dangers of a conflagration engulfing the Middle East are high. A thoughtful approach to the annual Passover Seder is critical now. The first night of Passover this year is April 22nd, when the first Seder is held. The Passover Seder retells the
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by Diane Joy Schmidt November 16, 2024 What resonates across the United States of America and Europe now, bringing a rightward swing and authoritarian governments to the ascendancy, is immigration. As used against the Other, a technique Jews are unfortunately very familiar with, the issue of immigration was employed very
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By Diane Joy Schmidt September 14, 2024 I had a series of dreams. One night I dreamt that a bull calf came to the east door, and I brought him inside because he was lost. I kept him in my bedroom until his owners came along for him. The next
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by Diane Joy Schmidt November 13, 2024 What resonates across the United States of America and Europe now, bringing a rightward swing and authoritarian governments to the ascendancy, is immigration. As used against the Other, a technique Jews are unfortunately very familiar with, the issue of immigration was employed very
Op-ed
by Diane Joy Schmidt April 13, 2024 The dangers of a conflagration engulfing the Middle East are high. A thoughtful approach to the annual Passover Seder is critical now. The first night of Passover this year is April 22nd, when the first Seder is held. The Passover Seder retells the