January 2014

There were two models for motherhood in my sprawling family: my great-great-aunt Riva and my great-grandmother Clara.My great-great-aunt Riva was ...

I’ve done everything “right”: given my children Jewish education, sent them to Jewish camps, spent time with them in Israel ...

Anyone who knows me even a bit also knows that I thrive on social contact and interacting with people. However, ...

Once a month at our family Shabbat service we ask families to submit questions in advance in what, in lieu ...

What’s the first Jewish holiday we’ll be welcoming in the secular New Year of 2014 (besides Shabbat, of course)? Tu ...

Much of the Eastern and Midwestern U.S. is ensconced in a ferocious cold spell today and tomorrow. Known as the ...

On New Year’s Eve, my wife, Cynthia, our son, Jonah, just turned fifteen, our new puppy, Phoebe, five months old, ...

Israeli Maor Sanbata came to the United States this past summer to be a counselor at Camp Be’chol Lashon. Born ...

I look for locations for my stories on CyberRentals and HomeAway. I find the houses described on these websites far ...

I spend a lot of time with Conservatives in the South. Conservative Jews, in this case (probably not what most ...