Sometime life's journey includes sad losses and drastic changes. I am convinced that there isn't an adult who has not had to face such challenges. Each of us deals with these losses and changes differently. My solution--loving family and caring friends. We must welcome them into our lives because they

"It was the best of times; it was the worst of times" So begins Dicken's story of crisis and growth leading to doing the right thing. That opening line has haunted me ever since I first read it, probably required reading in High School, a time when most of us

It is the Monday morning after the sad events in Charlottesville. My perspective on the world is changing daily. Nazi flags make my blood boil. I am the child of Holocaust survivors. I fit that profile in many ways. My parents were not in camps but fled because of it.

Where have I been? In the past year I have been spending more time thinking about what it means to be Jewish for me. I was contemplating my conversion and what it means for me and also my family and friends. I was wondering would I be “Jewish enough”, would

When I was a little girl, my parents taught me the meaning of being a good Jew by example. They had an open home for those who needed help and of course we prayed on Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur, and celebrated Chanukah. We weren’t what you’d call “devout practicing”

Way back in 1955, my wife, Norma, and I started Bill Brown Sales.  We lived in a co-op apartment in Skokie, Illinois, and in order to support the financial cost of launching the business, I spent the day working to sell products/components from OEM component manufacturers to OEM lighting customers

It was the blizzard of ’67. The snow was blinding and driving was treacherous! I was 11 years old-in a time before cell phones could provide weather updates or assistance. My mother and I were coming home from shopping and our car got stuck in the middle of Gold Rd.

My birthday usually falls around the High Holy Days. I have even had a few birthdays when I had to fast!  These last few birthdays, I have shaken my head when I realized what age I will be and this next one is no exception. There are so many things

In many ways, I have made a full circle in the role my Judaism plays in my life. When I was young and going to afternoon Hebrew School in a Conservative congregation, I wondered about the white-haired older men who shuffled in every afternoon for Mincha and Maariv. I now