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Sendak's Legacy Lives On at Rosenbach

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Greg Salisbury

Anyone who has ever been entranced by Max's wild rumpus with the titular characters from Where the Wild Things Are , Mickey's dough-fueled flight out of In the Night Kitchen's pie, or any one of the number of indelible creations that sprang from the imagination of Maurice Sendak, will no doubt find the pages of their favorite books harder to...

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Moms the Word

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Deborah Hirsch

Marla Leigh had always planned on having children. "Others dreamt about that wedding," said Leigh, a 42-year-old human resources consultant from Lower Merion. "I dreamt about being a mom." But she got busy with an aggressive career track, "and time just really got away from me. All of a sudden, I was 40 years old." So she did what any...

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Hadassah Celebrates Centennial

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Deborah Hirsch

Tears welled up in Bonnie Benson's eyes as she recalled the parents of a sick child who approached her Hadassah group during a visit to one of the organization's namesake hospitals in Jerusalem two years ago. "They actually stopped us as we toured the hall and thanked us," Benson, 52, said, dabbing at her face. "It was amazing." That memory,...

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Controversial Author Defends Boycott

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Bryan Schwartzman

Peter Beinart, author of The Crisis of Zionism , came to town last week and defended his much-maligned call for Americans to boycott Israeli products made in the West Bank while continuing to purchase goods made inside the Green Line. "I think where I disagree with some of my critics, they believe that this plays into and helps the BDS...

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Spotlight on Special Needs

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Deborah Hirsch

Growing up, Rachel Dunn participated in an all-Jewish Girl Scout troop and even went to day school. But the Jewish high school she wanted to attend wouldn't accept her, the Rhawnhurst 18-year-old said, because she couldn't read Hebrew without vowel symbols. "I honestly still can't," Dunn said, adding that dyslexia, dysgraphia and Asperger's Syndrome might prevent her from ever mastering...