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Rabbi Donates a Kidney and Saves the Entire World

by Miriam Metzinger

14 Feb 2011 01:33 AM

The Talmud says that to save one life is to save the entire world. The act involved in preserving life can be great or small, but the ultimate dedication is the giving one one's self, even flesh and blood to aid another.

Laizer Galperin: Courage, Heartache and Hope

by Miriam Metzinger

05 Nov 2010 06:42 AM

The Jewish world watched and waited as Laizer Galperin (Chaim Eliezer Lipman Ben Devorah Leah), a child who had endured a horrible disaster yet was miraculously still alive, was taken from his home in Kiryat Malachi to Cincinnati Ohio to undergo intensive treatment.

The Best of Both Culinary World: Asian Kosher

by Miriam Metzinger

08 Oct 2010 07:48 AM

Keeping kosher doesn't mean giving up favorite dishes, but innovating and transforming international recipes into exotic kosher creations.

Roving Rabbis: Coming to Your Neighborhood Soon!

by Miriam Metzinger

20 Aug 2010 04:32 AM

While there is a large Jewish population of Miami, far-flung areas of Florida like Green Cove might more readily stock bacon than gefilte fish on store shelves; when people there use the term "Bible Belt," they aren't talking about the Tanach.

What Lies Between Devastation and Repair?

by Miriam Metzinger

23 Jul 2010 06:16 AM

We just finished the hard part of the year. I think the summer's heat is an expression of human events, past and present, that happened this season.

Learn Hebrew in 20 Hours- Too Good to Be True?

by Miriam Metzinger

25 Jun 2010 04:08 AM

Learn to read Hebrew in 20 hours or less. Does that sound too good to be true? Not for students at Chabad of Los Angeles' Jewish Learning Academy which introduces the love of the Hebrew alphabet to Jews of all ages and backgrounds.

My View on Helen Thomas, Israel and the Terror Flotilla

by Miriam Metzinger

08 Jun 2010 05:41 PM

So much has been happening in the news lately concerning Israel, and my apologies for only catching up now.

Shavuos Rains of Revelation

by Miriam Metzinger

18 May 2010 03:13 AM

There was gentle cool rain last night in Jerusalem. That's unusual, because the rainy season stops in the spring, and there usually isn't a drop the entire summer.

Swimming in a Waterless Ocean

by Miriam Metzinger

The world looks pretty crazy from any vantage point. With riots in Greece,a nearly 1,000 drop in the Dow yesterday (it rose a bit toward the end of the day), a terror scare in Times Square, every day seems unrecognizable from the day before.

Beyond BooYah: Jim Cramer's Trip to Israel

by Miriam Metzinger

When I'm not blogging, chasing after my kids or trying to locate someone's lost second shoe, I write news recaps for SeekingAlpha.com. (I bet people who Google my name think they've reached two different Miriam Metzingers, one who writes financial news and the other who writes about Jewish families.


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