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I pray I die before they day comes when I do not know if my sons are infants or grandfathers.

Anita Diament

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Anita Diament
Age: 87
Born: 1937
Born: June 24
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My heart is a ladle of sweet water brimming over.
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on the day that the intlligence and talents of women are fully honored and employed, the human community and the planet itself will benefit in ways we can only begin to imagine.
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I moved my arms through the water, feeling them float on the surface, watching the waves and wake that followed my gesture. Here was magic, I thought. Here was something holy.
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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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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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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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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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The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family, in my heart.
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My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.
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One of his tears fell in my mouth, where it became a blue sapphire, source of strength, source of strength and eternal hope.
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