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Tuesday, February 12, 2019
It’s just as hard for seminaries to reject you
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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Bricks and Ladders
Wednesday, February 06, 2019
I’ve gone against the group. Add that to Tzippy’s shidduch, and I’m pretty much a social pariah
Bricks and Ladders
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
I’ve gone against the group. Add that to Tzippy’s shidduch, and I’m pretty much a social pariah
Profiles
Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Rebbetzin Rivka Ezrachi, great-granddaughter of both the Alters of Novardok and Slabodka, grew to become a queen in her own right. The unique woman Klal Yisrael lost
Bricks and Ladders
Tuesday, January 22, 2019
Shiri is annoyingly pretty. “But the rest of BY of B can use a little TLC,” I continue. “I mean, what is up with the Plain-Jane look?”
Bricks and Ladders
Wednesday, January 16, 2019
I nod emphatically, but something is niggling at me. Don’t my besties — Tamara, Rikki, Tiffy, and Bina — all have the same “attitude problem”?
On Topic
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Do your kids start muttering about Cinderella every time you ask them to clean up? How to get your crew to pick up a broom and pitch in
Bricks and Ladders
Tuesday, January 08, 2019
I suddenly want to freeze the moment and lock it away for every rainy, turbulent day that I know is just around the corner in my messy, confusing life
Bricks and Ladders
Wednesday, January 02, 2019
So, they’re a team now? Tzippy and Sari against shallow little Rachel Ahuva. Well, you know what? They can have each other
Out of Step
Tuesday, January 01, 2019
What if I have smooth, drama-free surgery… and it fails? And I can never dance again?
Bricks and Ladders
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
What on earth could Tamara want to talk to me about? Did I commit a grand faux-pas and I’m being evicted from the group?
