Make the Most of this Valentine’s Day
I have not posted here in a little while. In part, because the business of life has caught up with me, and,...
Please Stop Asking if My Daughter’s Boyfriend Is Jewish
My 22-year-old daughter is seriously involved with a wonderful guy. He’s smart, funny, kind, and they just...
Dating, Identity, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Relationships
A Christian Tells How and Why She is Raising Jewish Children
There has not been much guidance available for the Christian who has decided to help raise children as Jews....
When Will Those Who Love Speak Louder Than Those Who Hate?
This morning, the meeting I was in at the synagogue I work at in Dallas was interrupted by one of the rabbis...
Using My Words
I type this while holding a squirmy, feverish 3-month-old in my lap. Shh, shh, shh, I tell him. It’s OK,...
What You Can Do Now for Your Future Baby
Photo by Cory Silken
Four months ago, I gave birth to a baby girl. After a long labor and unexpected C-section,...
My Daughter Is Super Proud of Her Jewish Identity & It’s Amazing to Watch
The other day my daughter said to me, “Mommy, you’re not the most special person in this family.” It was a pointed...
Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religious Education, Young Kids
The Miracle of Light
This interfaith holiday season has been trickier than I thought. If there is a lot of planning, cooking and...
Parenting Challenges, Parenting Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories
To Tree or Not To Tree
The dual holiday extravaganza this season is more work than I thought it would be. But, it’s important for...
Extended Family, Hanukkah Rituals, Holiday Toolbox, Parenting Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories
Everywhere You Go There’s Always Someone or Something Jewish
Digging into some fish and chips, a meal with Jewish roots.
A week before Thanksgiving, I stood in the doorway...
Celebrating Holidays in a Post-Election December
I don’t know how to celebrate the holidays this year, with an election outcome that’s rocked the nation and...
8 Hanukkah Night Ideas For The Whole Family
Our bellies were barely filled with Thanksgiving sweetness — pumpkin and apple and pecan pies, of course — before...
Gratitude, Love and Life
Helen Rose “No Limits”
Being stuck in a car for three hours with my mother, Adrian (my significant...
The Gift Of An Inclusive and Welcoming Community
I met my friend Tracie at an interfaith moms event at my synagogue. She was friendly, and we bonded over her...
Hope For the Future
By Sam Goodman
We are sitting in the aftermath of a riveting, polarizing election. It has been all too easy...
How To Teach Love in an Unhappy World
Recently I had an article published on a Jewish site about a dream I had. It was a political piece, and during...
A Mother’s Jewish Guilt
Helen Rose in her Hand Made Birthday Dress from her Abuelita in Mexico
I burned myself last week. Right after...
Things Toddlers Say At Services
With the drama of the High Holidays receding into the past, I find myself thinking about the charms and challenges...
My Husband: The Jewish Parent (Who Isn’t Jewish)
The email had arrived a week before I was to travel to Houston to speak to a congregation about interfaith marriage...
Engaging Children in Ritual Life
Non-Orthodox institutional Judaism seems to suffer from a lack of young families – and, more importantly, young...
How to Pray with Two Faiths
Our family has had a hard few weeks. Every day we open the news to a different headline about hatred and anger....
Why Send Your Kid To Jewish Summer Camp? Because It Gets Him To Hebrew School
My son (right) with his best camp friend in the dining hall this summer at URJ Greene Family Camp.
I recently...
Parenthood: Your Next Great Journey
Emily demonstrating the fabulousness of the ring sling when her daughter was tiny
Two years ago, when we were...
Two Faiths and Powerful Women
My daughter, Helen Rose Castaneda, wakes up one day at 10-and-a-half months old, pulls herself up in her crib...
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