by Carla Naumburg | May 5, 2016 | Kveller.com
I spent the first three decades of my life looking for the answer to this sentence: “I am ________________.” Yes, I know. I am a woman. But I have never played the stereotypical “female” very well; I was a tomboy as a child, and even now, I don’t cook, I’m not...
by Carla Naumburg | Apr 25, 2016 | Kveller.com
My husband and I hosted the second night seder this year. Even though I don’t cook and can’t read the Hebrew in the Haggadah well enough to lead, I do know this: Seders should be fun and engaging for the kiddos, and we each need to see ourselves as though we were...
by Carla Naumburg | Apr 18, 2016 | Kveller.com
I started the Jewish Mother Project last fall with the declaration that, “My goal is not to become a perfect Jewish mother, but the ‘Best Carla’ I can be for my daughters.” And then I confidently marched off in the opposite direction, following a path that had very...
by Carla Naumburg | Apr 12, 2016 | Washington Post On Parenting
“Mommy, let’s play a game. You pretend to be the Mommy, and I’ll be Puberty Girl.” Puberty Girl visits our home frequently these days. She’s 13 years old, and she wears a bra, smears deodorant under her arms and drags a razor across her legs. She gets her period, and...
by Carla Naumburg | Apr 6, 2016 | Psychology Today
Breathing is getting a lot of attention lately, and I know it’s beginning to sound trite. But there’s a reason we mindfulness folk keep beating this particular drum: It works. Here’s why. First, just merely remembering to breathe requires us to...
