Chaim Stern

Fun, Loss, Death, Love: A Life Along I-95

Lea Lane | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Eisenhower, Chaim Stern, Driving, I-95, Claude Pepper, Savannah, Charleston, South of the Border, George Smathers, Expressways, Travel, Memories, Healthy Living News
Lea Lane

I realized the other day that the river of my life has been I-95, the highway that starts in Canada and ends thousands of miles later and a couple of...

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You Don't Have to Be Jewish to Need to Repent

Lea Lane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Day of Atonement, Yom Kippur, Chaim Stern, Terry Jones. Newt Gingrich, Mel Gibson, Politicd, Rudh Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Jewish, Sarah Palin, Religion News
Lea Lane

Failure to repent is much worse than sin. One may have sinned for but a moment, but may fail to repent of it moments without number. Chasidic say...

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Chelsea, I Still Haven't Received My Invitation!

Lea Lane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Bill Clinton, Chaim Stern, Hillary Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Chelsea Clinton Wedding, Style News
Lea Lane

Chelsea, Chelsea, Chelsea. I know your guest list is whittled to only 400 or so lucky souls. I know that you aren't inviting many donors and celebs to...

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When the Clintons Moved to Chappaqua: A Personal Memory

Lea Lane | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Politics, Chappaqua, Bill Clinton, Chelsea Clinton, Chaim Stern, Monica Lewinsky, Chappaquiddick, Hillary Clinton, Bedford Hills, New York, Healthy Living News
Lea Lane

Word is out that the Clintons will soon be movin' on up to a 10-million dollar, 20-acre farm in Bedford Hills, 10 minutes up the Saw Mill Parkway fro...

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A Tony Winner Sets Off a Chain of Memories

Lea Lane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Louis Kahn, Dustin Hoffman, Red, Chaim Stern, Art, Any WArhol. Jackson Pollock, Sylvia Miles, Drama, Tony Awards, Ann Richards, Plays, Mark Rothko, Anthony Perkins, Mark Medoff, Arts News
Lea Lane

Red sparked my own memories of my life in-and-around New York City. These connections cascaded in a six-degrees-of-Kevin-Bacon kind of way back to the play.

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Two Passovers, Two Unexpected Loves

Lea Lane | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Haggadah, Religion, The Exodus, Chaim Stern, Relationships, Seder, Love, Family, Passover, Judaism, Jewish Love, Family Relationships, Jewish Marriage, Lea Lane, Intermarriage, Passover Love, Love During Passover, Passover Prayer, Religion News
Lea Lane

This Passover I will be reminded that good men may not share religions or backgrounds, but they can share values and qualities.

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My Husband Fought the Same Brain Cancer as Senator Kennedy

Lea Lane | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Death and Dying, Chaim Stern, Edward Kennedy, Health, Ted Kennedy, Brain Cancer, Healthy Living News
Lea Lane

As it seemed for both my late husband, as well as the late Senator Kennedy, life with a terminal diagnosis can be infused with love, caring and gratitude for the opportunity to celebrate a full life.

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Media Vultures, Waiting On Death

Lea Lane | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Enquirer, Chaim Stern, Rush Limbaugh, Elizabeth Edwards, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Tony Snow, Natasha Richardson, The Miami Herald, 60 Minutes, Patrick Swayze, Ted Kennedy, Ed Bradley, Breaking News, Healthy Living News
Lea Lane

The ghoulish, hasty public deathwatch by the media exploits and reflects our dark side, our urge to rubberneck at an accident site, to scan the tabloid headlines and talk about the terminally ill.

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Peaceful Words For Times Of Conflict

Lea Lane | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Healing, Chaim Stern, Gaza, Relationships, Peace, Reconciliation, The Giving Life, Healthy Living News
Lea Lane

This difficult time in Gaza has flamed many comments and much anger. My late-husband, Chaim Stern, was liturgist for the reform movement of Judaism. ...

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A Husband's Struggle with Glioblastoma: My Tribute

Lea Lane | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Chaim Stern, Glioblastoma, Life Support, Ted Kennedy, Living, Brain Cancer, Icu, Healthy Living News
Lea Lane

Death can be infused with love and caring; and for the most part, peace can come, and in a strange way, gratitude for the opportunity to celebrate a full life.

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