I was at Trader Joe’s the other day and bought an advent calendar. For my dog. While this does make me...
We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor,...
It’s been a long year. It seems that every year I approach Yom Kippur saying these words. And it’s always true....
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur–aren’t exactly tailor-made for kids. The truth is, it is a very adult-focused...
My neighborhood of Midwood, Brooklyn, is changing and so is my family. It’s not just that new stores have popped...
There is a photo taken by photojournalist John Moore going around the internet of a child watching her mother...
I was never a princess. In my favorite childhood photo I have short brown hair and a leather jacket covered...
I grew up in an Orthodox community in Midwood, Brooklyn. My mother still lives there and I live three blocks...
Helen fell on her head. In case I didn’t think I deserved the “worst mother award” before, I pretty much bolted...
By Jessica Melwani
Today, my family is ringing in the New Year for the fourth time in 2017.
In January, we...
Q: I am about to have Jewish grandchildren, and I am terrified! Don’t get me wrong; we love our son-in-law....
It’s been two weeks of vacation for my family in upstate New York. Nothing but fun, sun, relaxing walks by...
By Melissa Henriquez
Every Sunday morning as I practically drag my 6-year old out of bed to go to Hebrew School,...
Giving your child a Hebrew name is a long-standing tradition in Judaism. Sometimes families have elaborate...
My middle name is Miriam. I am named after Mark, my mother’s brother who was killed at the young age of 39....
Passover is my favorite Jewish holiday because it is mostly about storytelling. Every year, my family sits...
I have not posted here in a little while. In part, because the business of life has caught up with me, and,...
By Jordyn Rozensky
When I asked my partner who is not Jewish if we could start visiting synagogues in hopes...
By Lindsey Goldstein
The other day my daughter said to me, “Mommy, you’re not the most special person in this...
With the drama of the High Holidays receding into the past, I find myself thinking about the charms and challenges...
I recently discovered the secret to motivating my son to go to religious school. I stumbled upon it. Hours...
My daughter, Helen Rose Castaneda, wakes up one day at 10-and-a-half months old, pulls herself up in her crib...
Growing up, my mother’s house was kosher. We had dishes for dairy and dishes for meat and we never mixed milk...
Growing up in a small, rural town in northern New Jersey in the ’80s, I never had perfect attendance in school....
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