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Shulamit

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Shulamit E. Kustanowitz gained an intimacy with Jewish tradition as the daughter of a Conservative rabbi and as a Modern Orthodox adult. She authored A First Haggadah in 1979 and Henrietta Szold, Israel's Helping Hand in 1990. In 2006 her first novel, Murder at the Minyan, was published. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times, the Record (of New Jersey), the Jerusalem Post, and elsewhere. She wrote about Israel for Travel Weekly and the travel industry and was managing editor for New Jersey's Jewish Standard newspaper.

A Pre-Seder Pesach Prayer

Posted by Shulamit | Tags: Pesach, Life Reflections

Blessed be all those who attended to the logistics that make a Seder possible, especially, the women who, for centuries, did it all by themselves. Because making the home ready for Pesach includes: Cleaning the house, including closets and windows; Getting clothes for everyone in the family and...

Read Dvar Torah | February 24, 2010

Customs

Posted by Shulamit | Tags: Sukkot, Life Reflections, Humor

In 1961, I was returning from my first trip to Israel. At JFK at that time, there was a balcony, with a glass wall, from which people could watch arriving passengers go through customs. My father z”l, the traditional conservative rabbi, watched as I went through the required interrogation. I was...

Read Dvar Torah | September 24, 2009

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