childhood
The Day School Beginnings of a Marathon Runner
Last weekend I ran the ING New York City Marathon, which was an amazing experience—essentially, a 26.2-mile long party celebrating ...
Shades of Privilege and Deprivation
People would often underestimate me if they knew that my parents hadn’t taken good care of me, so I used to be ...
Different, but Special
I have very distinct memories about growing up as part of what was then a very small Jewish community in ...
It’s Ours!
My childhood memories of the festival of Simchat Torah center around a paper flag topped with a candy-apple and candy ...
The Diarist
Before I’d settled on acting or writing, my greatest aspiration was simply to “Be Anne Frank,” and when I was twelve, ...