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Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.
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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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Wherever you walk, I go with you. Selah.
Anita Diament
If you want to understand any woman, you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully.
Anita Diament
I would have stayed forever within the garden of Re-mose's childhood, but time is a mother's enemy.
Anita Diament
I could not get my fill of looking. There should be a song for women to sing at this moment or a prayer to recite. But perhaps there is none because there are no words strong enough to name that moment.
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It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.
Anita Diament
There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about America.
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Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.
Anita Diament
It was one of those perfect fall days when the air is cool enough to wake you up but the sun is also kissing your face.
Anita Diament
The more a daughter knows the details of her mother's life [...] the stronger the daughter.
Anita Diament
My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
Anita Diament
My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.
Anita Diament
Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker for the accent.
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The painful things seemed like knots on a beautiful necklace, necessary for keeping the beads in place.
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It's a good thing babies don't give you a lot of time to think. You fall in love with them and when you realize how much they love you back, life is very simple.
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They sang the words in unison, yet somehow created a web of sounds with their voices. It was like hearing a piece of fabric woven with all the colors of a rainbow. I did not know that such beauty could be formed by the human mouth. I had never heard harmony before.
Anita Diament
When a shy person smiles, it’s like the sun coming out.
Anita Diament
I like the way he danced. And then I like the way we danced together.
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One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked.
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Biblical names are hot again.
Anita Diament
I tell writers to keep reading, reading, reading. Read widely and deeply. And I tell them not to give up even after getting rejection letters. And only write what you love.
Anita Diament