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Adina Kay-Gross

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Adina Kay-Gross is one of Kveller's contributing editors.She earned an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University. She has taught creative writing, composition and literature at Columbia University, Hofstra University, and Yeshiva University and she currently works as a writing consultant at Stern College and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute for Religion. Adina's writing has been published in a variety of magazines and literary journals. Adina just moved from Brooklyn to the 'burbs, where she lives with her husband and twin girls.

Posts by Adina Kay-Gross:

• Jan 20 2012
  Friday Night: Rituals That Aren’t So Hard to Keep

  I hadn’t meant to establish our Friday morning coffee run as a “ritual,” but it’s become one.

 

• Jan 13 2012
  Blogging MaKes Moms Happier

  Of course, there are downsides to blogging about parenthood, just as there are to writing about anything (true).

 

• Dec 15 2011
  Christmas Made Me a Better Jew

  For most of my life, Christmas was spent at my grandmother’s two-family house in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn.

 

• Nov 14 2011
  The Biblical Model of Raising Twins

  The biblical model of twins, Jacob and Esau, are described as polar opposites and never evolve from their prescribed roles. In the bible, Esau is described as hairy and a hunter, while Jacob is smooth-skinned and spiritual.

 

• Sep 27 2011
  Rosh Hashanah…Ugh

  The Jewish holidays are right around the corner and my husband and I are dreading them. It’s not just because we have young babies and the logistics of the holidays are enough to send me to the couch with a … Continue reading →

 

• Apr 21 2011
  On Naming Twins

  There’s been no shortage of talk about twins in the newspapers lately. “Twiblings” borne of three women and one man who pooled their genetic resources. Twin speech patterns examined. The bizarrely cruel ways people reacted to novelist Samantha Hunt’s twin … Continue reading →

 

• Apr 13 2011
  My Own Personal Exodus

  This year, my husband and I are skipping the seder. My father, a rabbi, has been very understanding. “You’ll be hosting your very own exodus, at none other than Mount Sinai!” he exclaimed, referring to the pending birth of our … Continue reading →

 

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