I’m Trying to Figure Out How to Raise a Jewish Kid as a Woman Who is Not Jewish
This article was reprinted with permission from Kveller.com, a fast-growing, award-winning website for parents...
The Ghosts of My Grandmothers or How We Named Our Newborn
Some people believe that when a child is born the angel of death and the angel of mercy stand in the room side...
Charity Begins at Home
Artotem-www.flickr.com-Flickr Photo Sharing
Every day, I open the newspaper or listen to the news, and I am...
The Twelve Days of Interfaith Holidays
With not quite 12 days between Hanukkah and Christmas this year (depending on just how you count), I thought...
Reflections on Hanukkah
Eight nights of wax have hardened on the little menorah that has traveled with me for more 25 years of...
Parenting Challenges, Parenting Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories
Birthdays, Hanukkah and Learning to Let Go
I was supposed to celebrate my birthday, which fell on the seventh night of Hanukkah with my husband Cameron...
Why We Decided to Join a Synagogue for Our Daughter
Mirabelle at JCC pre-school
This past August, when I started talking about and planning for the High Holidays...
Owning Shabbat (Part 1)
A few of the girls’ creations
This week, Ruthie came home from Sunday School with Shabbat. In a...
Parenting, Parenting Shabbat, Parenting Stories, Religious Education
Getting Most of the Words Right
This blog post originally appeared at Rituallwell.org
I have never suggested to my Catholic-born husband that...
Stop Judging My Daughter and Her Boyfriend
This article was reprinted with permission from The Forward
My 30 year-old daughter is seriously (I think?)...
The Imbalance of a Working Mom
“Mama! Mama!”
“Hold on sweetheart, mama needs to send an email.”
“Mama, book!”
“One minute baby, I really need...
New Parents, Parenting, Parenting Tips and Advice, Young Kids
Traditions are Languages, Too
Traditions are languages, too.
Or at least, this is what my six-year-old daughter Laurel would have me believe....
Give Your Kids Something Jewish to Scream About This Halloween
The Witch of Endor
What do a disappearing groom, a witch in a milk bottle, a demon that writes Mezzuzot, and...
Resolving to Practice Tashlich
Tashlich, the Jewish New Year practice of symbolically casting our sins off into the water, was not something...
Celebrating Holidays as Interfaith Co-Parents
I never know exactly what people mean when they say that a separation is “amicable.” I’m still not sure....
Co-Parenting, Divorce, Jewish Holidays, Parenting, Relationships
Learning to Think Ahead about Holidays
One of the biggest challenges for me as an interfaith spouse and parent has been learning to think ahead about...
#100TrueSleepers: What it means to number our days as a family
Scenes from #100TrueSleepers
In mid-April, I joined an army of Instagramers around the world on a journey called...
An Apology to My Child
It was 2:56 AM when I heard, “Mooooomy…I NEED you…” When I went into my 6-year-old’s...
Parenting, Parenting Rosh Hashanah, Parenting Stories, Young Kids
Can Sports Unite the Jewish People?
This past week, the JCC Maccabi Games were played in my city, Dallas. Dallas was one of three cities hosting...
An Apology to My Child
Our children are our teachers too
It was 2:56 AM when I heard, “Mooooomy…I NEED you…”...
Judaism through Food and Crafts
Recently, my family and I attended a “Sunday in the Park with Bagels” event sponsored by Big Tent Judaism, which...
Sample B’nai Mitzvah Readings in English for Family Members
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Hide and Seek
The God-game is hide-and-seek. He-She-It always seems to depart just before...
Airplane Mode, or How to Start Working on Your High Holiday Resolutions Early
One of many breathtaking views from New Mexico
This is a post about the High Holidays resolutions. I know, you’re...
An Interfaith Mom’s Bookshelf
If there is one thing I’m passionate about, it’s expanding Judaism’s tent. After years of living as a Jewishly...
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