fbpx
Latest Musings
Musings
Rochel (Grunewald) Samet
Musings
Aliza Goldman
Musings
Rachelli Saffir
Musings
Miriam Maggid
Musings
Elana Rothberg
5 Things to Know About
There very rarely is an easy or simple “blended family”
Shoshana Itzkowitz
5 Things to Know About
It’s really no different than telling someone in a wheelchair that she should move faster because she’s in your way.
Unlock Your Heart
Awash in questions, drowning in doubt, we're still cherished
Faigie Zelcer and Leah Gebber
Unlock Your Heart
How can we find a pathway into the Yamim Noraim with this mixture of guilt, fear, and paralysis?
Faigie Zelcer and Leah Gebber
For Keeps: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5783
I can see the shul from my dining room window. The idea that it was so close, yet so far, was too much to bear
Binyomin Yudin 
For Keeps: Rosh Hashanah Theme 5783
“He would be killed just for having it in his possession. But a Torah is a Torah and my father was determined to save it”
Sandy Eller
Pesach Without Pressure
Windex — it’s all about happy Jews and Windex.
Bracha Stein
Pesach Without Pressure
If you’re getting frustrated, you’re probably spring-cleaning
Bracha Stein
The Rainbow Girl
Rachelli flushed. She wanted to answer back, defend herself or say something, but then she realized it was true
Rochel (Grunewald) Samet
The Rainbow Girl
Maybe that’s the thing with family, they’re so close that it’s hard to see things clearly
Rochel (Grunewald) Samet
More Musings
Musings

No need to ask Ma for help — in any case, Ma can’t remember where Ma put anything so long ago, before Pesach arrived and all that cooking started… so good luck and happy hunting!,

By Chava Rochelle Vodka

Musings

When my sisters and I begin with the stories, we’re performers on the stage of shivah stools. The audience’s faces alternate between awe and sorrow,

By Miriam Klein Adelman

Musings

“May you be blessed with triplets this year,” my husband says as he grabs his childless cousin’s hand, pumping it up and down. I cringe

By Shira Berger

Musings

When I agreed to let my young sons open an informal neighborhood zoo, was I making a big mistake?

By Zelda Goldfield

Musings

The night-owl test is looking at the clock at 1:14 a.m. and see if you think, I’ve still got time to clean the kitchen

By Esther Ilana Rabi

Musings

Very few things in life take care of themselves; if no one is worrying about them, the results are likely to be catastrophic,

By Yaffa Ganz