Ninety years ago, it was 1935. World War 2 wasn’t to reach America for another six or seven years, but most Americans were suffering grievously from the tail end of the Great Depression. About a quarter of a million young women were working at telephone switchboards, unaware that AT&T was soon to release the automatic
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Hello, I wanted to ask about an intimate topic. My husband and I have been married for 18 years, we have been together for 24 years. We got married young and we have both grown so much. We have three beautiful daughters, and we have really reached a point in life where we finally feel
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Over the past few weeks, a well-known conservative news aggregator has repeatedly featured a variation of the following headline: “Lefty Trump Supporter Stuns…” Once I click, I am treated to a video clip or quote from Batya Ungar-Sargon, the deputy opinion editor at Newsweek, defending a policy of President Trump. Invariably, I chuckle. Why am
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I live in the Bay area, which is a popular tourist destination. I would welcome having visitors as guests in our home but my wife absolutely rejects the idea. She gets all stressed about it. Isn’t it a good or Godly deed to host old friends or relatives? What are your thoughts on this? M.
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Many explanations for anti-Semitism are advanced. One is that Jews are capitalists. It is true that Jews in communities around the world are disproportionately wealthy, however, they didn’t get that way by harming other people but by benefiting others. Another explanation is that Jews are communists, socialists, and progressives. It is true that many of
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More than once, I have heard my husband illustrate the intrinsic morality of making money by relating a story about a roofer who is heading on an outing with his children on a rainy day when the phone rings. A customer is beside himself as his leaking roof is causing damage to his home. The
Dear Rabbi Lapin, I am in a lower management job where I make pretty good money, but the environment is very toxic. Upper management refuses to hold anyone accountable for just about anything aside from insubordination which in turn makes it hard for me to manage the people under me as they have set that
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A reprint from a Musing last April, 2022. Every year, on the day before Thanksgiving, the Wall Street Journal prints a recurring, gratitude-filled editorial. National Review maintains the tradition of publishing a Christmas story by Aloïse Buckley Heath annually. While my audience may not rival theirs in size, I see no reason not to establish
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Dear Rabbi and Mrs Lapin, I am Nadine one of the team happy warrior. I have a Quick Question. Ever since I remember living in New York early 20ish I am now 65 yrs old. I have been identifying an old cycle of Constant hardship . Losing homes, vehicle repossessions. No long long term sustainable
In fits and starts, the weather is beginning to turn warm in my locale. Despite that, May 17th seems a long way away. Nonetheless, I want to prepare myself and if you are interested— you— not to go along with the crowd on that day. Granted, it sounds misanthropic to oppose “Kids to Parks Day”
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