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Don’t Get Furious, Get Curious

I do a lot of commuting, and one thing that makes that time fly by are courses by The Teaching Company. With ...

Enjoying Imperfection

When my husband and I were house hunting 16 years ago, we visited a house that was so cluttered, even the ...

A Powerful Woman

As this summer, and this Jewish year wind down, I’m completing the painting and writing for my fourth illuminated book ...

The Work for LGBTQ Equality Continues

This week the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission declared that workplace discrimination against LGBTQ employees is barred, citing Title VII of the ...

Do We Find in the Torah Just What We Want to See?

Earlier this month in The New York Times, Reza Aslan continued an ongoing argument against Bill Maher’s blanket condemnation of ...

The Power of a Smile

I grew up in Texas, like in most of the South, people in Texas greet each other warmly and a ...

What Makes a Creative Process Jewish?

Is my fiction Jewish? In my last blog post I came to a firm conclusion: yes—and no. Well, I think I ...

Having it All

Reading Anne- Marie Slaughter’s article in The Atlantic, “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” has caused me to wonder, ...

In Pursuit of Learning

Yesterday was a big day for our family. My daughter graduated from college. She was the fourth of our five ...