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As I wrote this in December, the first COVID-19 vaccine had just been approved by the Food and Drug Administration, and a second one wasn’t far behind. Although they won’t be ready for … more

Larry Kessler | 1/7/21

Our best news from 2020: We’re alive!

It’s become a Thanksgiving tradition in my family in recent years to write our annual end-of-the-year newsletter while the turkey is roasting in the oven. Dubbed the “Cains-Kessler … more

Larry Kessler | 12/3/20

I’m grateful for my wife and a sense of humor

Like just about everything we’ve encountered in this year of the coronavirus pandemic – which even the brilliant mind of “Twilight Zone” creator and writer Rod Serling would … more

Larry Kessler | 11/6/20

Ups and downs of the ‘new normal’

In the summer of 2019, well before our lives were upended by the seemingly never-ending “new normal,” I wrote a column about how my wife and I were about to become empty-nesters. At that … more

Larry Kessler | 10/2/20

Here’s to a sweet new year filled with ‘normal’ activities

It was just a few months ago, in the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, that families had to come up with alternatives to big Passover seders. Now, with the High Holy Days approaching, many of … more

Larry Kessler | 9/3/20

‘Eleven million reasons to never forget.’ This collage was completed on Jan. 27, 2012, which is observed annually as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The collage contains 850 stamps, and the artwork symbolizes the 11 million victims of the Holocaust.

New exhibit will bring Holocaust Stamps Project to a wider audience

“My Lord“I pray that these never end,“The sand and the sea,“The rush of the waters,“The light of the heavens,“The prayer of the heart.” – … more

Larry Kessler | 8/7/20

A pandemic of worries

Ever since I was a kid, I’ve been a worrywart. I would often redo my homework in a bid for perfection, and I’d repeatedly study for tests. (Although this resulted in reasonably good grades, it was no help when it came to getting a decent score on the math SAT.) Excessive worrying followed me into adulthood – which is why I started going gray in my 20s. And with that kind of a track record, it’s easy to imagine how being in the midst of a pandemic has intensified my worrying. more

Larry Kessler | 7/3/20

Keeping the faith in better times ahead

As we head into a summer without many of our favorite activities and events, it might seem a strange time to count our blessings – but it’s worth doing as we strive to maintain a sense of … more

Larry Kessler | 6/5/20

My prayers in the midst of a pandemic

So much has changed since I wrote my first column on the coronavirus pandemic, in mid-March. Back then, we were neophytes at this social-distancing stuff, and we were naively hopeful that this would … more

Larry Kessler | 5/3/20

Missing all things great and small in our locked-down lives

As I write this in mid-March, uncertainty abounds over the coronavirus pandemic, but one thing is certain: No matter how long the outbreak and its fallout last, it has already hurt the quality of … more

Larry Kessler | 4/20/20