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Cyril Miller

Cyril Miller has seen God answer many prayers in his life. When Cyril was about 14 years old he contracted a staph infection from a scratch on his arm. In just a few hours his body was raging with an…

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Road Rage

I was on my way to meet someone in a place I had never been before. The home I was going to was so new even the GPS I got a few years before couldn’t find it.

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Dorchester

On February 3, 1943 a torpedo struck the S.S. Dorchester. Chaos reigned on board as the boat filled with water. Men rushed aroundin a panic. Many had run up from the hold without life jackets.…

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Trying to Fit

I have been very lucky in that there is a lot of flexibility regarding what I can wear to work.

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I'd Rather Love a Love Bug Than Die

I decided to book a last minute flight to Florida. I knew my Rabbi had hosted a Sukkot retreat in Florida for some years but I didn’t live in Florida and Florida was a long way to go. I really wanted…

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Keep on Loving

“How did you and Duane manage to have such a loving and close family?” Kathy asked following the funeral service for Doris’s husband.

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What Ever Happened to Judy

Have you sometimes wondered what happened to friends that you grew up with? I have, we all have. Judy Katz was a Jewish girl that I grew up with and went to school with from first grade to Junior…

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Unfaithfully Yours

Emily, my closest friend from high school was voted the one most likely to succeed at everything she did in life, but Emily wanted nothing more than to be happily married with a family of her own.

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The Lord is My Shepherd

I remember going on a Shabbat drive through the beautiful countryside somewhere in the middle of nowhere with family. It was great enjoying the nature and weather and going up and down those lush…

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Masterpiece Cakeshop Conflict Redux

Those who imagined the Supreme Court decided in favor of Jack Phillips and his wedding cake business may have been drinking the Kool Aid if they thought the issue was going to quiet down anytime soon.

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Hidden Blessings

When my family moved we picked a house surrounded by some trees. The trees along one side of the house were pretty interesting.

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The Hiding Place

In November of 1972 my parents emigrated from Israel to the United States, several months prior to my birth in January of 1973. At the age of six my parents were involved in a fatal head-on…

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Bob Quillen

It was 2:00 a.m. when Bob Quillen's phone rang. To his surprise, it was Ray Seigal. Bob had conducted the funeral of Ray's wife, Evie, a few days earlier. Ray said, "I'm sorry to call you at this…

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Surges of Hope

As I write this, not only do I write it for you, but for me as well. This has been a particularly difficult week for me in many ways. Yet, I feel surges of hope; because without hope I would be…

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The Bar Mitzvah Boys

Bobby and I were friends for as long as I can remember. We not only had a bond of close friendship, but we respected one another. Bobby had a terrific hands on knowledge of many things that eluded…

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Wheelchair Rockstar

Cyril Miller

Road Rage

Dorchester

Trying to Fit

I'd Rather Love a Love Bug Than Die

Keep on Loving

What Ever Happened to Judy

Unfaithfully Yours

The Lord is My Shepherd

Masterpiece Cakeshop Conflict Redux

Hidden Blessings

The Hiding Place

Bob Quillen

Surges of Hope

The Bar Mitzvah Boys

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