I had been wondering about the balance between carrying on as normal (for the children) and waking up to a new reality (for yourself)
Not only is that statement entirely untrue on a factual level, it is also elitist and highly insensitive, not to mention rather presumptuous Don’t Whitewash the Nazi Horror [Impressions / Issue 1010] The article “One Fate,” about the October 7 massacre, in which the author favorably contrasted the Nazi atrocities to the ones that happened on
Whenever anyone, adult or child, suffers a trauma, anything that reminds him of the trauma will serve as a trigger that causes the person to re-experience the same fear, helplessness, and anxiety he felt at the time of the original trauma
Finally someone is admitting that communal standards have been raised not by those who are wealthy, but those who are providing for the poor as if the ani were wealthy
If you want to have a positive impact, if you want to build Torah, you don’t necessarily need to live in Flatbush or Lakewood
“The pre-Pesach Stealth Mom secretly throwing out old socks matched my current mood perfectly”