Diane Uniman, a 1973 Cheltenham High School graduate, recently released her new book titled “Blessings Without Stressing”.
From the book’s description on Amazon.com:
Blessings Without Stressing! is a warm, funny, and welcoming guide to Jewish home celebrations—created especially for interfaith families, multi-faith households, and anyone who’s ever felt like a (gefilte) fish out of water at a Jewish holiday table.
Whether you’re partnered with someone Jewish and don’t know a kugel from a kangaroo, or you’re Jewish but your religious education stopped at Sunday morning bagels and a schmear, this book helps you participate with confidence, comfort, and joy. No Hebrew literacy required.
Carefully curated to avoid overwhelm, this easy-to-use book includes essential blessings and home ceremonies written in clear, reader-friendly phonetics—no Hebrew lettering involved. Helpful pronunciation tips explain sounds that don’t exist in English, while concise explanations let you focus on meaning rather than memorization. A streamlined contents page makes it simple to find exactly what you need for holidays and celebrations at home.
Uniman also published “Bonjour, Breast Cancer – I’m Still Smiling!: Wit, Wisdom, and Optimism for Beating the Breast Cancer Blues” in 2019. The book won numerous awards, including Independent Author Network Book of the Year Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction.
In addition to being a talented writer and lyricist, the Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of Pennsylvania is a motivational speaker, life coach, poet, opera singer, and criminal justice appeals attorney.
Reggie Jackson Turns 80
Reggie “Mr. October” Jackson, arguably Cheltenham High School’s most well-known alumnus, is celebrating his 80th birthday today, May 18.
The 1964 graduate grew up at 149 Greenwood Avenue in Wyncote. He played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball and reached the postseason in 11 of them, winning six divisional pennants and five World Series.
You can read our previous coverage of Mr. Jackson here.
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