Monthly Archives: September 2006

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Balancing on one foot

This entry was posted in Award-winning columns The Rockland Jewish Reporter and tagged AJPA Darfur genocide Marla Cohen rally Rockower Award on September 15, 2006 by Marla Cohen.

When I got the email reminding me that there would be a second rally in New York on Sept. 17 to protest the genocide in Darfur, Katyusha rockets were raining down on northern Israel. I have to admit, I thought, who can think of Darfur now? And yet only a few months ago, it had […]

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Who needs tinsel when pomegranates will do?

This entry was posted in Essays The Rockland Jewish Reporter and tagged decorating family sukka building Sukkot traditions on September 1, 2006 by Marla Cohen.

When I was a kid, I was completely fascinated with Christmas trees. I am sure this was because they were off-limits in our house —as in, “There’s no such thing as a Chanukah bush. Period.”My friends’ trees were so beautiful, however, that they were hard to resist. The lights, the glass ornaments, the miniature animals […]

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