Anticipation

April 26, 2013

This is just to whet your appetite for a Bar Mitzvah recap that is to come in the next few days. Plus, there will be a recap over at The New Normal: Blogging Disability on Wednesday. In the meantime, have a Shabbat of peace and blessing.

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Quick Recap

April 17, 2013

This is what I’ve been up to since the last time I posted: A new medical study confirming the lack of evidence tying vaccines to autism inspired me to share my own experience: Parents, Consumed With The ‘What Ifs’ The stunning news that Pastor Rick Warren’s son, Matthew, suicided caused people to wonder how different faith […]

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Whew…We Made It

April 2, 2013

Last night, I had the best hamburger bun that I’ve eaten all year. And it’s the same story every year. On the 22nd of Nisan. The day that Passover ends. That is…for those of us who observe this seven day festival for seven days, as God intended. Wondering what I mean by that? Find out […]

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Yeah, It’s All About Me

March 21, 2013

Mother’s Day. This year it really is all about me. Finally. This will be my twelfth Mother’s Day. As a mother, that is. And last year was the only one that took into account what I wanted to do on that sacred day. Because last year was the first year that we didn’t live by […]

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Well-Deserved Recognition

March 20, 2013

For the past several years, media experts at such reputable periodicals at Newsweek and The Jewish Daily Forward have compiled lists of the best rabbis in America. I am not a fan and, as a recent article in The Jewish Journal of Los Angeles reports, I am not the only one. But there can be […]

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