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Susan Reuben

Susan Reuben is a columnist for the JC

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I love to read, light or heavy

Susan Reuben celebrates her love of books...and newspapers...and blogs...

By Susan Reuben

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Going bananas, thanks a bunch

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My coke habit is gone for good

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Give me a guidebook

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More from Susan Reuben

Ways to come down from Limmud

Sad that Limmud is over? Don't want to leave the cosy bubble of your fellow Limmudniks? Susan Reuben has the solution

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December 29, 2017 09:08

Zoe Jacobs: Sharing music with the masses

Susan Reuben meets the cantor changing the tune in the Reform community

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December 21, 2017 12:15

Zoe Jacobs: Sharing music with the masses

Grammar is important, but don't be a snob

This week Susan Reuben reflects on the difference between being a grammar snob, and just a snob

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December 14, 2017 10:51

Grammar is important, but don't be a snob

My son's going to be barmitzvah...but what does it mean?

Susan Reuben ponders the point of the rite of passage

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November 30, 2017 13:13

My son's going to be barmitzvah...but what does it mean?

Why don’t shop assistants speak my language?

Susan Reuben on the pitfalls of shopping

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November 17, 2017 10:51

Why don’t shop assistants speak my language?

JCoSS head ordained

Patrick Moriarty, headteacher of JCoSS, has been ordained as a deacon

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November 10, 2017 12:52

You can never have too many books, can you?

My perspective is that so long as it’s still possible to walk around the house, all is well. My husband disagrees, quite fundamentally

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November 2, 2017 13:04

You can never have too many books, can you?

Beeri or Puah? The choice of a mum’s lifetime

Baby names - especially biblical ones - fascinate Susan Reuben

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October 19, 2017 12:31

Beeri or Puah? The choice of a mum’s lifetime

I don't really want an actual succah

Every year Susan Reuben asks her husband to build a succah. Will he ever agree?

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October 3, 2017 13:35

Making three-times-a-year into a habit

Will you be making a rare trip to shul this Rosh Hashanah? Susan Reuben used to be like you

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September 19, 2017 10:05

Office life is just my cup of tea

Susan Reuben ponders the etiquette of office life

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September 7, 2017 12:58

The singers who comfort the dying

The Companion Voices choir sings to people who are coming to the end of their lives

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August 25, 2017 11:47