May 2015

It’s been a nostalgic week for me. Although I defended my dissertation in June of last year and officially earned ...

My daughter is thrilled to start wearing a uniform next year, and frankly, I share her enthusiasm. At her Bais ...

“Why didn’t you listen to me,” I heard a mother tell her daughter on their way out of the mall. ...

The simple answer, of course, is no. Bar/Bat Mitzvah is one of the most popular Jewish rituals in the United ...

The first time I tasted a mojito, and I mean really tasted a mojito, I was in Havana with my ...

My husband and I just returned from vacation, which included a stop in the Bahamas. Lucky for us, it rained. ...

“My husband forgot Mother’s Day flowers, so I had sex with another man.” So wrote an anonymous woman disappointed in ...

At a Jewish education conference once, I was sitting behind two people at a workshop when the rabbi who was ...

In honor of Mother’s Day, I wanted to write a letter to my mom thanking her for the actions she ...

I was born Orthodox. I was raised Orthodox. And without much of a rebellion at all, I slipped into adulthood ...