Pittsburgh, American Jews, and Friendship
This was a tragic week for the Jewish community. I’m in Minneapolis, but we are always one, maybe two, degrees of separation away from each other as Jews. We are a family—no matter the city, specific denomination, and so on. And although the friendship topic I’m highlighting this week is about disappointing our friends and […]
Left Out By the Friends I Introduced
Dear Nina, A few years ago, I introduced a longtime, dear friend to an acquaintance as I thought they would have a lot in common. As it turns out, the women connected and their husbands really connected, and the two couples became fast friends. I invited both couples to my son’s Bar Mitzvah, but only […]