Second Guessing: Responses
Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Out of Step
Wednesday, October 02, 2019
He turns around and gives me a look, the kind of look that says, “please don’t be a terribly selfish human being.”
Ariella Schiller
Ariella Schiller lives with her family in Jerusalem, where she’ll dabble in almost anything involving words.
She works as a proofreader by day, novelist by night, and occasionally sleeps.
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Wednesday, October 02, 2019
Year after year, as this scene repeated itself, a piece of my heart would crack. And then, lonely despite the small hands in mine, I’d start the short walk home
Out of Step
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
I need to rush home, do homework, go out for Chinese with Goldie, a long-standing Monday night tradition, and — sigh — apologize to Ma about not listening to her explain what happ ...
Out of Step
Wednesday, September 18, 2019
The thing about being the only girl in the family is that I can get away with anything, short of murder, and everyone just chalks it up to me “being a girl”
Out of Step
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
I smirk. “Pori, why do you always comment? Just try to accept me, flaws and all, and you’ll have a lot less stress in your life”
True Account
Wednesday, June 05, 2019
I thought about Shlomo and this story often as my life turned over, as my world ended
Bricks and Ladders
Wednesday, June 05, 2019
"We decided that if any of you aren’t happy in Stonesworth, we’ll try to make it work so that you can go to school in Brownsfeld"
Bricks and Ladders
Wednesday, May 08, 2019
Back to school tomorrow. When I left I’d been part of the most popular clique in school and now I’m returning alone, a nobody, ashamed and mortified
Bricks and Ladders
Wednesday, May 01, 2019
"If you think I’m going to stand by and watch you renege on your obligation, allow you to leave Hadas in the lurch like that, you are very, very mistaken”
Bricks and Ladders
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
"Wow. Well, you’re very astute, Rachel Ahuva. I’m impressed. But that was a long time ago. I’d prefer not to dredge up old hurts”
On Topic
Tuesday, April 16, 2019
Rebbetzins, educators, and therapists share 21 pieces of hard-earned wisdom they want to share with their daughters — and all of us
