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This Yom Kippur, I’m Hanging on to My Sins

By Anna Keller

It’s been a long year. It seems that every year I approach Yom Kippur saying these words. And it’s always true....

High Holy Days, High Holy Days for Parents, Motherhood, Parenting Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Young Kids

Is it Time to Leave Our Orthodox Neighborhood?

By Anna Keller

My neighborhood of Midwood, Brooklyn, is changing and so is my family. It’s not just that new stores have popped...

Motherhood, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

When Faith Reaches the Border

By Anna Keller

There is a photo taken by photojournalist John Moore going around the internet of a child watching her mother...

Anti Semitism, Holocaust, Motherhood, News, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

One of These Things is Not Like the Other

By Amy Beth Starr

Making friends as a grown-up isn’t always easy. When I look at my “mom” friends, we’re...

Motherhood, Parenting Stories, Parenting Sukkot

A Thank-You Note to My Mother-In-Law

By Jane Larkin

My mother-in-law’s email about Christmas gifts for her was simple: “Have composed an extensive ‘Wish...

Grandparents, In-laws, Motherhood, Parenting Christmas

Celebrating Holidays in a Post-Election December

By Emily Mace

I don’t know how to celebrate the holidays this year, with an election outcome that’s rocked the nation and...

Motherhood, Parenting Stories

Parenthood: Your Next Great Journey

By Jessie Boatright

Emily demonstrating the fabulousness of the ring sling when her daughter was tiny Two years ago, when we were...

Babies, Baby Toolbox, Motherhood, Parenting Stories

Two Faiths and Powerful Women

By Anna Keller

My daughter, Helen Rose Castaneda, wakes up one day at 10-and-a-half months old, pulls herself up in her crib...

Babies, Motherhood, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

This Is What I’ll Miss Doing with My Daughter When I Go Back to Work

By Samantha Taylor

For the past two years, my daughter and I have been taking Mommy and Me classes at the local JCC. We took art,...

Motherhood, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Shabbat, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

You Got That from Me—and My Mother

By Leigh Blander

Leigh & her mom circa 1976 After belting out an energetic rendition of “The Bare Necessities” recently,...

Grandparents, Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting Stories

The Jewish Mother Thing

By Laurel Snyder

I remember standing with a few friends after my oldest son was born. We were talking, as new mothers do, about...

Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Parenting Toolbox

Nothing to Fear, Much to Gain from a Community of Interfaith Families

By Jane Larkin

Recently, the membership director at my synagogue asked me if I would reach out to a young woman who was the...

Marriage, Motherhood, Parenting, Relationships

My Life is Changing

By Rabbi Ari Moffic

I often feel that life is a series of days unless we pause occasionally to celebrate. There are definitely highs...

Motherhood, Parenting, Young Kids

Helping My Conservative Synagogue Find Balance

By Wendy Armon

The following post is by guest blogger Jodi Rosenfeld from the Philadelphia area. I sometimes feel like I am...

Motherhood, Parenting Stories, Young Kids

Can We Talk?

By Ruth Abrams

I was very happy to see a report on Beliefnet that the US Council of Catholic Bishops apologized to Jewish leaders...

Books, Motherhood, Parenting, Parenting Challenges, Parenting Christmas, Parenting Hanukkah, Young Kids

I do not think it means what you think it means

By Ruth Abrams

It’s very easy to bond with people over shared experiences. That’s a lot of what the personal narrative...

Conversion, Identity, Motherhood, Religion

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