Wildlife Cafe

From time to time, Ilene reads something very helpful on the internet. This wasn’t one of those times.

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Grandma Shirley and Me

In the wake of my grandmother’s death, many of the comments on my Facebook page offered this traditional Jewish condolence: “May her memory be a blessing to you.” Less than 24 hours after her passing, Grandma Shirley’s memory is already a blessing; a very well dressed, outspoken blessing. And it’s pushing a vacuum cleaner. As a kid, my relationship…

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I Was a Six Year Old Feminist

Preschool Women's Lib Chapter

When we were very young, my little sister and I would drop off our “babies” at “daycare” with my mom. Then we’d go to our women’s lib meetings, where we marched around the living room, raising fists and chanting, “Women’s… women’s… womennnnn’s… WOMEN’S LIB!” There we were—two little Jewish girls holding a fascist rally for…

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