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, ...