Prayers and Prayer Books

September 23, 2023

The Mystery of My Mother’s Prayer Book

A precious object finds its way home. It started with an email. The subject line: “Sylvia Kanner’s Siddur.” Kanner was my late mother’s maiden name. Siddur […]
November 28, 2020

Hermits Teach About Solitude, Loneliness, Isolation

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Paul Fredette and Karen Karper Fredette have made some changes to their lives: Ms. Fredette stopped attending her local exercise […]