Calligraphy: Pesach 5785

Tuesday, April 08, 2025

From Deep Waters  

Another shake, Benjamin mute. “Physician to the king, and your own kin you cannot cure?”

Calligraphy: Succos 5785

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Basement of Our Minds

We don’t know whose idea it was. It kind of came up in a conversation as we were planning — “Oh!” one of us said, “Let’s invite Naomi!”

LifeTakes

Sunday, October 13, 2024

A Song Remembered   

I was taking leave of… a succah I had barely had the chance to sit in. A succah I had decorated but not enjoyed

Family Tempo

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

The Burning Question

The police suspect arson — and I’m the only one who knows the truth

War Diaries

Tuesday, January 09, 2024

Fighting City Hall

This British girl was now a mother of a special-needs person who needed to go to school

Musings

Tuesday, December 26, 2023

Language Carriers     

Okay, so no one could call him a whiz in the kitchen, but this was a whole new language

Family Tempo

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Venn

I wonder what Chaim will say to an invitation to talk, which card he’s going to play, and then I feel nauseous with the guilt

War Diaries

Tuesday, November 07, 2023

Broken

I had definitely worn it earlier. Seen it on my wrist in shul. Walked all over since then. It could be anywhere

Family Tempo

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Irreplaceable

My father is newly, blissfully remarried— and I can’t stand it

Family Tempo

Tuesday, August 22, 2023

Flash Fiction Challenge 

Can you tell a tale in under 1,000 words? Three writers accept the challenge

Windows

Tuesday, August 01, 2023

Unfriendly Skies

Struggle to unfold the stroller that you finally closed, hoof it to the gate — wait. Which gate? Where’re your passport and boarding pass?