November 12, 2025
Let’s be honest: screen time is every parent’s frenemy. It is a silent babysitter that costs nothing, is always available, and can be very hard to say no to. In […]
November 5, 2025
If you are a mom of young kids, chances are your calendar looks like my kids’ playroom after a playdate — loud, messy, and guaranteed to make me cry if […]
October 31, 2025
I’ve been unemployed for over a year. There, I said it. To be honest, it’s difficult to wrap my head around. The fact that I’ve been unsuccessful in finding a […]
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 […]
October 22, 2025
Raising kids who love Jewish food can feel like a full-time job. And let me tell you, in my house the culinary Jewish favorites list is very short: matzah balls, […]
October 17, 2025
This Rosh Hashanah, my daughter sits next to me for the entire three-hour service, which baffles me for several reasons. The first being that we are members of a Reform […]
October 2, 2025
Most people get one New Year a year, but the Jewish people are the chosen ones, so we get two. One in January, and one in September when the High […]
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 […]
September 25, 2025
Traveling internationally with kids is not for the faint of heart. Our recent trip home from Japan took 18 hours, including one 14-hour rerouted flight that felt like a small […]
September 15, 2025
The high holidays are just one week away. Rosh Hashanah begins the evening of Sept. 22, and Yom Kippur on Oct. 1st, and if you haven’t already asked to get […]