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What Am I Supposed to Learn?
Lately I’ve been struggling with something. There is something I’m supposed to learn. A lesson I’m being taught. Yet I’m struggling because I don’t know what I need to learn. It began the other night...
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Writing a Torah One Letter at a Time
This past weekend, Sophie, Bryan and I had a rare and humbling experience. Our Jewish congregation — in honor of its 150th anniversary — is creating a Torah scroll for the synagogue. The three of us...
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Hanukkah, Hanukkah, Come MAKE a Menorah
Hanukkah, Hanukkah, come light the menorah … or in this case, make one! Hanukkah – the Festival of Lights – begins tonight at sundown. Sophie I started celebrating a few days early by making our own...
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Hamantashen: A Purim Treat
Purim, one of the most loved Jewish holidays for kids, is this Thursday, March 8. Purim tells the story of the courageous Queen Esther who saves the Jewish people from the evil King Haman. Jewish...
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Doesn’t God Listen to Little Children?
Sophie always has her share of curious questions. And being in a Jewish preschool, she has really taken on a new understanding of Judaism and God. She is starting to understand the concept of God and...
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Tips for Making Your Passover a Kid-Friendly Holiday
I wrote this post for Red Tricycle. It was published this past Monday, April 2. The Jewish holiday of Passover (or Pesach) can be one of the most kid-friendly Jewish holidays of the year. There are...
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Observing Yom HaShoah: Holocaust Remembrance Day
6 million It’s hard for most of us to comprehend how big that number is and how many it represents. For most Jews, however, the figure 6 million always means one thing: the number of Jews killed in the...
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Introducing … Mormon Girl
There is quite a bit of talk in the United States and in media these days about Mormonism. But regardless of where you swing on the political pendulum, this post is not meant to discuss presidential...
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Happy New Year … And Calling In Sick
Today is Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. I planned my work schedule so I would not do work today. Instead we would celebrate the new year and attend services. I actually love the Rosh Hashanah...
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A Sweet Passover Topped with Chocolate Toffee Matzah
Sundown Monday brought the Jewish holiday of Passover, which re-tells the story of Exodus, the Jews enslavement in Egypt and their journey to freedom. This year’s festivities began with Sophie’s annual...
View ArticleBookapalooza: My Mother’s Secret: A Novel Based on a True Holocaust Story
Holocaust stories are difficult for me to read. The suffering is just so unthinkable and horrific that I find myself weeping uncontrollably. I recently finished reading My Mother’s Secret: A Novel...
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Every day at school, Sophie picks out a book from the classroom library. Lately she’s been interested in the “Who Was” biography series for kids. She’s gone through Harry Houdini, Albert Einstein,...
View ArticleA New Year, Casting Away the Past and Towards New Beginnings
It probably comes as no surprise to any regular reader of this blog that I love the season of autumn. Leaves changing colors and falling to cover the ground, new school year, weather turning crisp and...
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