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  Passover began Monday night (April 22, 2024), and with war raging in the Middle East, it hasn’t been a typical Passover. There is much trouble accompanying this holiday, and antisemitism is at an all-time high. In this column, published in the April 20-21 Weekend edition of The Sun Chronicle of Attleboro, MA, I shared my prayers for this Passover season. The link to the column, as it appears on the newspaper’s website is:    https://www.thesunchronicle.com/opinion/columns/larry-kessler-a-passover-like-no-other/article_f002c65f-a5fc-5711-b6ac-a7ca5c623fb3.html ****** Passover, the eight-day Jewish Festival of Freedom, will arrive later than usual --- the holiday will begin the evening of Monday, April 22 with the first of two ceremonial meals called Seders --- because the current Hebrew calendar year of 5784 is a leap year. It's no secret that the holiday hasn’t been normal since 2019. First came the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021, followed by an improved, but cautious, year

  Just in time for today’s 128th running of the Boston Marathon (Monday, April 15, 2024), is this feel-good story about a North Attleboro runner who has been on the run for a while --- more than three years and two months for a total of 1,170 days as of Saturday, April 13, 2024. Why that number? Because that’s how many days in a row that Forrest Gump, the character played brilliantly by Tom Hanks in the 1994 film, ran --- regardless of the weather or personal circumstances. Similarly to the fictional Forrest, Jon Duperron achieved that mark of consecutive running days and has no intention of stopping. Jon’s story will bring a smile to your face; find out why and how the streak started in the following story. LINK TO THE STORY AS IT APPEARS IN THE MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2024 EDITION OF THE SUN CHRONICLE OF ATTLEBORO, MA: https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/north-attleboro-man-runs-through-weather-illness-to-reach-forrest-gump-running-milestone/article_67eeba9e-266b-5e48-89a8-

As I write this, I'm watching the final game of the Red Sox' 10-game opening series West Coast road trip. The Sox, with a lead of 7-0 after 6 1/2 innings, are on the verge of bringing a 7-3 record home to Boston for Tuesday's home opener. (They won the game 12-2). That start to the season, considering how low the expectations for them in 2024 had been, was surprising, if not mind-numbing. But spare me the "I told you so's" and the coronation of new baseball boss Craig Breslow and the do-nothing ownership for having the right path, because nothing --- and I repeat NOTHING --- has been won or proven yet. Indeed, there's still a very, very long way to go, and with the Baltimore Orioles providing the opposition for the next three games on the initial homestand of the year, the season could go south in a hurry. Nonetheless, as we look forward to warmer weather for Tuesday afternoon's opener at Friendly Fenway, Sox fans can embrace this solid start to the se