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My family and I celebrated Havdalah together at home for the first time this week. It had been a fairly uneventful Saturday; the girls played at home and then at the neighbors’ house. Josh and I read the instruction manual for our new snow blower. (I can honestly say...

So, I missed Tu Bishvat. I saw references to it on Facebook; various friends who are clearly more observant/aware/motivated/creative/energetic/(insert desirable adjective of your choice here) posted pictures of their children hugging trees and displaying carefully...

Last week for the Jewish Mother Project, I wrote about the importance oftranslating kindness into action, so this week I need to put my money where my mouth is and step up to the tzedakah plate box. Tzedakah is one of the biggies in Judaism. Every year during the big...

In my last post for the Jewish Mother Project, I wrote about compassion and kindness, and how I want that to be at the core of my identity and practice as a Jewish mother. The thing is, as much as I like to spout off about big ideas, we Jews are all about action. It’s...

One of my favorite parenting quotes comes from Brene Brown, my social work/writing/Mama hero: “We can’t give our children what we don’t have.” I find her words to be liberating, inspiring, and, at times, totally obnoxious—not unlike so many of life’s great truths....

I love nothing quite so much as a good resolution. Don’t get me wrong; like so many other Americans, I rarely keep my resolutions for longer than a week or two. Nonetheless, I am grateful for the injection of renewal, liberation, and hope that I get on January 1. As I...

“Mommy, can we put up Christmas decorations in the house?” And thus began yet another December conversation. Christmas decorations are out of the question for us, as we don’t celebrate Christmas in our home. That particular line in the sand is quite clear in my mind,...