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For Love of the Game, Brothers Attended Different Schools

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The Art of Control: Study Analyzes Impact of Cancer Support Groups

Health

How Powerful 'Power of One' Can Win Against Breast Cancer

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Jan L. Apple, Jewish Exponent Feature

Jewish tradition teaches that "if you save one life, it is as if you have saved an entire world." It certainly mattered for Missy Stein. "One person can make a difference," said Stein, a seven-year survivor of breast cancer and event co-chair with Nancy Selarnick of "The Power of One." This recent luncheon and fundraiser sponsored by the Sisterhood of...

Travel

Bermuda: Short Journey, Lasting Impressions

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Rita Charleston, Jewish Exponent Feature

These days, Bermuda is in a festive mood, celebrating the 400th anniversary of its founding. The small but active Jewish community on the island is also feeling joyous, because, for the first time in 200 years, it has a building in which it can hold services, events and house its own Hebrew school. This development all stems from the fact...

Health

Cleaning House: 'Accidental Housewife' left behind Mad Ave for the maddening chores at home

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Rachel Levy Lesser, Jewish Exponent Feature

Julie Edelman, known to many women across the country as "The Accidental Housewife," says it's time for fellow housewives to understand that they are good enough and are doing the best they can. Her latest book, The Ultimate Accidental Housewife, is a humorous "Guide to a Clean-Enough House," and provides housewives with out-of-the-box advice, such as strategically placing a get-well...

Fighting Cancer

River Rock and Run ... and Rejoice

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Rachel Levy Lesser, JE Feature

At age 13, Amy Blumenfeld was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease. After 11 months of chemotherapy, the symptoms returned. Her parents took her to the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, where they were given two options: try more rounds of chemotherapy, or, as the doctors said, "take a gamble" and allow Amy to be the first adolescent with...

Travel

You Broke My Heart and My '58 Chevy

... and other tunes you won't hear at the neighbor's Bar Mitzvah

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George Medovoy, JE Feature

If you're a country-music fan, there's nothing quite like the Grand Ole Opry. When the fiddlers start to play and the square dancers come out on stage, believe me, you just want to stand up and shout. It's all classic Nashville, often called the "Buckle of the Bible Belt," where music and religion have long gone hand in hand. I...