Why We Decided to Join a Synagogue for Our Daughter
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November 12, 2015
Mirabelle at JCC pre-school
This past August, when I started talking about and...
Getting Most of the Words Right
This blog post originally appeared at Rituallwell.org
I have never suggested to my Catholic-born husband that...
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....
Resolving to Practice Tashlich
Tashlich, the Jewish New Year practice of symbolically casting our sins off into the water, was not something...
Do Today’s Women Understand What/Who Came Before Us?
Anita Hill and Letty Cottin Pogrebin. Photo by Zanefa Walsh
The first week of September I was privileged to...
God, New Parents, Parenting, Religion & Spirituality, Religious Education
Celebrating Holidays as Interfaith Co-Parents
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September 22, 2015
I never know exactly what people mean when they say that a separation is “amicable.”...
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...
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...
Jake Chooses Love and We Choose Jake
Meet Jake: He’s a student at Gateways: Access to Jewish Education. After more than two years of studying, Jake...
Bar/Bat Mitzvah, Parenting, Parenting Stories, Religious Education, Teenagers
Anything Can Happen When You Win a Free Wedding!
“I am excited to let you know that you and Jose have been selected as the winners for the wedding at the...
Services and the Summertime Quiet
This past week, my family stumbled late into the pizza dinner before one of our local congregation’s children’s...
Please, Just Call My Son Jewish
Earlier this month my family hosted some of the Israeli staff from my son’s summer camp before they went to...
Choosing Love and Family at a B’nei Mitzvah
I’ve been to a lot of bar and bat mitzvahs in my life, but I’ve never been so deeply moved as I was on a recent...
Singing Songs at an Interfaith Bedtime
Reading “The Bedtime Sh’ma” with Laurel at bedtime.
At bedtime recently, 5-year-old Laurel...
Her Tune, Her Way: Reflections on our First Year of Sunday School
Driving home from school the other day, Ruthie began singing “Ma Tovu” to herself in the back seat. She repeated...
Nothing to Fear, Much to Gain from a Community of Interfaith Families
Recently, the membership director at my synagogue asked me if I would reach out to a young woman who was the...
My Interfaith Kids Are Going to Jewish Summer Camp
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June 8, 2015
This article was reprinted with permission from The Forward
The Seesaw was an advice...
Planning for a First Shavuot
Despite being part of a Jewish family for the past decade, I have never celebrated Shavuot. After the excitement...
Parenting, Parenting Other Holidays, Parenting Stories, Shavuot
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