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30 BALTIMORE’S JEWISH FAMILY MAGAZINE
Dear Readers,
Journey to Bnei Brak
by Bracha Shugarman What is it about the fall? Could it be the bold reds and yellows of the leaves, which
announce to us, stop, look, and listen? Or maybe it is their languid flutter to the earth
40 that tells us that the “day is short; the work is great”: Hurry, hurry! Sweep up the scat-
tered “issues” of your life and balance your account before frigid winter sets in.
Fair Share and Welfare
by Eli Pollock Funny how presidential elections mimic Tishrei’s personal spiritual battles writ large.
The role played by WikiLeaks in this one brought to literal expression what we thought
48 were Pirkei Avos’ figurative words: “Know what is above you – an eye that sees, an ear
that hears, and all your deeds are written in a book.”
Etz Chaim Celebrates
40 Years This campaign was an epic struggle for America’s soul. More than a battle between
good and evil, it was an attempt to define the very concepts. We grappled with the ques-
by Margie Pensak tions: What is good for the country and what is bad? Who are we as a nation? What
qualities do we want in a leader? What are our values and ideals, and which policies
54 will best fulfill them?
Life Is Our Classroom Years of polarization came to a head, revealing that Americans have very different
by Devora Schor answers to those questions. Passions are flaring on both sides of the political divide as
cherished assumptions are being upended and crushed.
62
We are now at the cusp of winter, in Mar Cheshvan, a somber month. The private
Ask the Shadchan battles of Tishrei have faded into the backdrop, and the great public debates of the
by Mashe Katz campaign are on hold, to be resumed in more muted form. Post-election 2016, what pre-
vails is a sense of astonishment.
68
We Jews are familiar with astonishment – with the marvelous, the amazing, and the
Peregrine’s Landing improbable. We sense the hidden, guiding Hand. But what it all means and where it is
by Margie Pensak leading us are as yet unknown.
74 AD DEADLINE PUBLICATION DATE
Tools to Build a Teiva November 21, 2016 November 29, 2016
by Moshe Wealcatch
December 5, 2016 December 12, 2016
82
Raising Resilient
Children
by Rochelle Eisenberg
86
A Bar Mitzva in Shanghai
by Albert Sherman
92
Maryland,
My Merry Land
by I. Kinek
102
Metamorphosis
by Eve Poupko
104
Hurdles
by Chaya Sara Ben
Schachar
Dear Readers,
Journey to Bnei Brak
by Bracha Shugarman What is it about the fall? Could it be the bold reds and yellows of the leaves, which
announce to us, stop, look, and listen? Or maybe it is their languid flutter to the earth
40 that tells us that the “day is short; the work is great”: Hurry, hurry! Sweep up the scat-
tered “issues” of your life and balance your account before frigid winter sets in.
Fair Share and Welfare
by Eli Pollock Funny how presidential elections mimic Tishrei’s personal spiritual battles writ large.
The role played by WikiLeaks in this one brought to literal expression what we thought
48 were Pirkei Avos’ figurative words: “Know what is above you – an eye that sees, an ear
that hears, and all your deeds are written in a book.”
Etz Chaim Celebrates
40 Years This campaign was an epic struggle for America’s soul. More than a battle between
good and evil, it was an attempt to define the very concepts. We grappled with the ques-
by Margie Pensak tions: What is good for the country and what is bad? Who are we as a nation? What
qualities do we want in a leader? What are our values and ideals, and which policies
54 will best fulfill them?
Life Is Our Classroom Years of polarization came to a head, revealing that Americans have very different
by Devora Schor answers to those questions. Passions are flaring on both sides of the political divide as
cherished assumptions are being upended and crushed.
62
We are now at the cusp of winter, in Mar Cheshvan, a somber month. The private
Ask the Shadchan battles of Tishrei have faded into the backdrop, and the great public debates of the
by Mashe Katz campaign are on hold, to be resumed in more muted form. Post-election 2016, what pre-
vails is a sense of astonishment.
68
We Jews are familiar with astonishment – with the marvelous, the amazing, and the
Peregrine’s Landing improbable. We sense the hidden, guiding Hand. But what it all means and where it is
by Margie Pensak leading us are as yet unknown.
74 AD DEADLINE PUBLICATION DATE
Tools to Build a Teiva November 21, 2016 November 29, 2016
by Moshe Wealcatch
December 5, 2016 December 12, 2016
82
Raising Resilient
Children
by Rochelle Eisenberg
86
A Bar Mitzva in Shanghai
by Albert Sherman
92
Maryland,
My Merry Land
by I. Kinek
102
Metamorphosis
by Eve Poupko
104
Hurdles
by Chaya Sara Ben
Schachar
