Kveller – Mom Advice & Community for Jewish Parenting, Relationships, Babies, Pregnancy, Toddlers, Raising Jewish Kids

Jewish Stuff!

Home Delivery

Get Kveller By Email

Eat Already!

Baked salmon garnished with asparagus and tomatoes with herbs

19 Shabbat Recipes for Families with All the Allergies

11 Delicious Ways to Use All the Food Your Kids Waste

RECIPE: Challah Pizza Roll-Ups

Home made Chicken Rice Soup - from above Horizontal

Instant Pot Chicken Soup Recipe That's Just Like Bubbe's

8 Jewish Comfort Food Recipes You Need for the Hard Times

More Recipes

Sharon Meiri Fox works in the nonprofit medical sector and lives in New York City with her family.

aging

Turning 40 Without My Father

Sharon Meiri Fox

Just a few days ago, I happened to be with a friend when her father called to wish her happy birthday. The exchange only lasted a mere fifteen seconds, but I felt a melancholy shift inside. It… reminded me of all the years I was lucky enough to receive birthday calls from my father. My father will not be calling me this year. He hasn’t done so for the last decade. I turn 40 this year, and this birthday feels different from all the others — sadder, more somber and heartbreaking. In… >> Read More

weddings

Missing My Dad at His Wife’s Wedding

Sharon Meiri Fox

Recently at my son’s birthday party, my mother asked for help purchasing a veil for her upcoming wedding. I instinctively turned to Amazon and found a simple, elegant one for under $15. “Make… sure it’s two tiers,” my mom reminded me, “so that the groom can place the veil over my face.” My mother is getting married. She entered widowhood 11 years ago when my beloved father died suddenly and tragically at the age of 55. His death was a shock to our system. In many ways, it… >> Read More

Load More Articles