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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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I would have stayed forever within the garden of Re-mose's childhood, but time is a mother's enemy.
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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.
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It is terrible how much has been forgotten, which is why, I suppose, remembering seems a holy thing.
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Of all life's pleasures, only love owes no debt to death.
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If you want to understand any woman you must first ask about her mother and then listen carefully. Stories about food show a strong connection. Wistful silences demonstrate unfinished business. The more a daughter knows about the details of her mother's life - without flinching or whining - the stronger the daughter.
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Egypt loved the lotus becuase it never dies. It is the same for people who are loved. Thus can something as insignificant as a name-two syllables, one high, one sweet- summon up the innumerable smiles, tears, sighs and dreams of a human life.
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The Bible - it's sort of the other person in the room. There's this book, the reader, and the Bible.
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My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
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As a journalist I'm comfortable doing library research, and I did a lot! I had a fellowship at Radcliff for a year which gave me access to the Harvard system.
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He was golden and beautiful as a sunset.
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The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups. I spoke at Pittsburg State College and had 2 or 3 ministers and book groups from a couple of churches.
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I am so honored to be the vessel into which you pour this story of pain and strength.
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I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the book came out. The editor who took it over already had a full plate. It was never advertised. We didn't get reviewed in any major outlets.
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The other reason women wanted daughters was to keep their memories alive.
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Weeping is terrible for the complexion said Leonie, holding Shayndel close, but it is very good for the soul.
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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.
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Whatever your relationship is to your sacred tradition in the West, you have some relationship to the Bible if only through the names of the characters.
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Until very recently men and women inhabited very separate spheres. There was always interconnection, passion, love. But men and women didn't hang out at the end of the day and chat about what their day was like at the office.
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The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
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Making plans is a game. Life chooses for you.
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