Don’t Rain on My Parade
Deborah Walike writes about why she won’t allow the 45th president of the U.S. to stop her from enjoying Inauguration Day.
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President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris are shown here delivering remarks in Wilmington, Del., in November. (Andrew Harnik by /POOL/AFP via Getty Images, via JTA)
Deborah Walike writes about why she won’t allow the 45th president of the U.S. to stop her from enjoying Inauguration Day.
Read MoreDeborah Walike, a self-described left-leaning, American-Jewish Baby Boomer, wonders if she can shed enough of her frame of reference to, at the very least, have empathy for a Trump supporter.
Read MoreIf the current president’s term were a film, Deborah Walike says she would demand her money back.
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A young girl waiting in line to pass through a border gate as a small number of Syrian refugees are allowed to return to Syria at the closed Turkish border gate in Killis, Feb. 8, 2016. (Chris McGrath/Getty Images)
Deborah Walike reflects on her family’s own exodus from Germany and the need to fight for the rights of the millions of refugees searching for a safe place to live.
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Author Daniel Mendelsohn: “As we all know, there were a lot of good people [during the Holocaust] who decided to do nothing and look the other way. Bad things happen, not just because bad people do bad things but because other people let them do that.” (Photo by Matt Mendelsohn)
Jmore talked with bestselling author Daniel Mendelsohn about his upcoming Jerome S. Cardin Memorial Lecture and why he chose to talk about harmony between Jews and Christians in prewar Europe.
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Combat Camera soldiers from the Israel Defense Forces take photos
during an exercise of the seventh annual Spc. Hilda I. Clayton Best COMCAM (Combat Camera) Competition. (Photo provided by Fort Meade Public Affairs Office)
The IDF became the first foreign military to participate in the Spc. Hilda I. Clayton Best COMCAM competition.
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Richard Lewis: "I'm a bottomless pit of angst. People come over and say, 'God, I've been watching you for 30 years, you're so great ...' and I go, 'Why do you say that?'" (Handout photo)
Known for his rapid-fire mind and exhaustive comic work ethic, Richard Lewis is clearly always working, always searching for the next big laugh.
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