August 11, 2025
By Saturday night, I’m spent. Like every parent of young kids, I’ve been through the ringer: 6 a.m. wakeups, 42 snacks, 20 color-by-number pages, and five rounds of cleaning up […]
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 5, 2025
It was Rosh Hashanah at shul when I spotted it — one of those oversized, theatrical magnums of Willett bourbon that looked like it belonged in a Lizzy Savetsky Instagram […]
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 25, 2025
Tofu Chocolate Mousse & Cheese Soufflé Unless you are part of an observant community, you might not notice that we Jews are acknowledging a period of mourning right now. Yes, […]
July 23, 2025
Togetherness and a special meal are both major components of how we spend the High Holidays, but finding and making plans can be a challenge for many reasons. Everyone deserves […]
July 22, 2025
Dear Cincy Jewfolk, I’m writing from St. Paul, Minnesota, to invite you to a very special opportunity. A chance to take part in a new version of an old-fashioned Jewish […]
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 14, 2025
I have two girls, ages 7 and 9, which means I currently live in a world suspended between glitter glue and sarcastic eye rolls. I’m knee deep in washing pool […]