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Feb 14 2013
Should Jews Celebrate Valentine’s Day?
I’ve never had a theological problem with Valentine’s Day. It was never a big deal in my family and my husband and I never really made a big deal about it in our relationship (though on Valentine’s Day 2004 he did … Continue reading →
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Feb 5 2013
My Children Think I’m “Daddy’s Helper”
I, the cool and interesting mama, have been demoted. By my kids. Exhibit A Unnamed child, age 9, invited me to participate in Career Day at school. Then uninvited me because “Daddy works for Crayola and you just stay at … Continue reading →
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Jan 24 2013
Why I Won’t Be Reading the Giving Tree on Tu Bishvat
Two months prior to my birth, according to the date on the inside cover in my mother’s handwriting, my parents received a copy of Shel Silverstein’s The Giving Tree. A gift that, based on an unscientific survey of people in … Continue reading →
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Jan 18 2013
We Lost a Hero in Lance Armstrong
Like many, I planned on tuning into Oprah’s exclusive interview with Lance Armstrong last night. And I was dreading it. I was dreading it because I am angry with him. I was dreading it because I really looked up to … Continue reading →
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Jan 15 2013
In Praise of the Mommy Retreat
I was so excited for my trip that I am surprised I was even able to sleep the night before my departure. Far more excited that I had expected, given it wasn’t a vacation to some tropical destination for some … Continue reading →
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Jan 11 2013
What’s a Jewish Costume?
A couple of years ago, I received a telephone call at work from my then-7-year-old. Who, by the way, I didn’t even know could use a phone. Bad mommy, I know. Lilly: Mama, can I be in the multi-cultural fashion show? … Continue reading →
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Jan 9 2013
Special Education Speed Dating
I’ve heard it said that you don’t know how good you’ve got something until it’s gone. This is a story about the opposite. How I didn’t know how lacking something was until I left. As the Yiddish saying goes, change … Continue reading →
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Dec 28 2012
How My New Year’s “Attitude” Resolutions Panned Out
I have come to the conclusion that there are always things that we do which really annoy our spouse. Not major things, typically. More like annoying little habits. Or irritating mannerisms. Not one of us is immune from such behaviors. … Continue reading →
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Dec 17 2012
Sandy Hook: Three Different Kids, Three Different Discussions
Normally the one to talk our kids through the milestones and tragedies of life, I found myself in the odd, and rare, position of being out-of-town as the tragedy in Connecticut was unfolding. From a thousand miles away, I could … Continue reading →
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Dec 10 2012
Is There a Right Way to Decorate for Hanukkah?
“But why CAN’T we put up blue and white lights?” pleaded Lilly. It was not the first time that one of our children has asked this question. Nor, as evidenced by the following advice from the 1959 Guide for the … Continue reading →
