October 30, 2025
Growing up, my father used to make Halloween costumes for my brother and me from scratch. While my friends at school would be wearing store-bought outfits from our favorite TV […]
September 26, 2025
At one point, he was my closest friend in the entire world. But now, we haven’t spoken in almost four years. It isn’t as if my childhood best friend and […]
August 29, 2025
For the past few months, I’ve been trying to be chill. (I have no chill) My daughter is a senior in high school. She’s going away to college next year, […]
August 27, 2025
There was a very tall guy quietly dominating the back row of my spin class. I kept wondering who he was. Eventually, a friend filled me in: That’s Josh Duncan […]
August 8, 2025
Somewhere between endless carpool lines, twelve group chats, and frantic Whole Foods runs (Amazon returns stuffed in my purse), I stumbled into something I didn’t even know I needed: a […]
August 1, 2025
In the second episode of The Kibbitz Podcast, my co-host, Andrea, and I discussed our maturing (a nicer word for aging) bodies. This required quite a bit of vulnerability on […]
July 29, 2025
As a rising high school senior, most of my free time is spent working on my personal statement for college applications, writing supplemental essays, or studying for the ACT. The […]
July 18, 2025
On the evening of Saturday, June 21, as the United States made a major move in the current war in the Middle East, my husband and I were blissfully painting […]
July 15, 2025
The Chaverim M’ Israel in Cincinnati A year ago, at Valley Temple Sunday School, I met the Shinshinim (Chaverim M’ Israel in Cincinnati); the young Israeli emissaries who volunteer in […]
July 7, 2025
In our home, Tikkun Olam isn’t just a phrase—it’s a way of life. Since our kids were little, my husband and I have worked to instill the value of giving […]