This Wednesday was Ash Wednesday, which marks the beginning of Lent. Lent is a season of repentance in preparing...
Q: I am about to have Jewish grandchildren, and I am terrified! Don’t get me wrong; we love our son-in-law....
I hope your Jewish holidays this year were good. Despite all of the bad news in the world, my holidays were...
Q: Recently, our twenty year old daughter called from college to announce that she is bringing home her first...
We are blessed with a loving relationship with our two sons. When our younger son met the gal he planned...
At the beginning of the Bar Mitzvah service for our oldest son, our rabbi asked the congregation to think...
Grandparents are the hidden link to raising Jewish children in an interfaith marriage. Even when intermarriage...
…with Grandparents with Grandchildren of Interfaith Marriages
In my travels to congregations and Jewish organizations...
I’ve been married for 14 years and with my husband who is not Jewish for 16. I’ve always wanted to believe...
When I was growing up in the Jewish corner of the East Bronx more than half a century ago, “intermarriage”...
For the past eight-and-a-half years, I’ve been the rabbi of Temple Menorah Keneseth Chai (TMKC). It’s a small...
I type this while holding a squirmy, feverish 3-month-old in my lap. Shh, shh, shh, I tell him. It’s OK,...
My mother-in-law’s email about Christmas gifts for her was simple: “Have composed an extensive ‘Wish...
Being stuck in a car for three hours with my mother, Adrian (my significant other) and our baby girl, Helen...
Sometimes it’s nice to have others make minor decisions for me. I’m happy when my wife decides what we’re...
After belting out an energetic rendition of “The Bare Necessities” recently, my 8-year-old daughter Molly asked...
When I was growing up, my parents threw the most elegant Hanukkah parties. My mom is a decorator at her core...
This blog post was reprinted with permission from Red Said What?
After Hurricane Sandy, roughly six weeks post...
My Grandma Harriet died a few weeks ago, at the age of 95. She was beautiful, creative and could expertly apply...
There are usually two types of Jewish blogs written in connection with Mother’s Day:
1. Those that focus on...
This article was reprinted with permission from The Forward
The Seesaw was a new kind of advice column...
Being a Jewish grandparent of an interfaith grandchild is a tricky business. Some members of our community...
While many people have apple cider and pumpkins, and maybe even turkey and holiday gifts on their mind, I’m...
I have a talkative family. Mostly, our everyday conversations are about routine topics such as schedules, work,...
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