My new friend, Betty Lou, started a book club, and she asked me to join. I was delighted. I hadn't been in a book club for a long time. Because she is a librarian, Betty Lou knows better than most the importance of reading a variety of things and so, at the very first meeting, we read a graphic novel.
For most American Jews today, Shavuot is not exactly a big-ticket holiday. Observance lags behind springtime Passover, and it pales in comparison to Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, the fall 'high holidays.'
CLINTON DAILY NEWS EDITORIAL
Today is the 147th day of 2023 and the 69th day of spring.







