LifeLinesTuesday, March 12, 2019Wandering through the DesertWorking in an environment where I was constantly exposed to death and the fragility of life, I began to understand that we are all in G-d’s hands
LifeLinesMonday, March 11, 2019Obstacle CourseShe wasn’t expected to survive her first day, and certainly not her first week, but to the surprise of the doctors, she did. We named her Chaya
LifeLinesTuesday, February 26, 2019Giving My Mother Life“What zechus did my mother have? Well, the only zechus of hers that I can think of is that she wasn’t cremated”
LifeLinesTuesday, February 12, 2019Not BrokenWith little family support in Israel, we found ourselves at loggerheads much of the time, and our relationship was under continual strain
LifeLinesWednesday, January 30, 2019By the Light of My Mother’s CandlesThen, one Friday, my father called to tell me that my mother needed someone to spend Shabbos with her in the hospital
LifeLinesTuesday, January 15, 2019Shock TreatmentI couldn’t tell this to my friends, but while Mr. Lindberg’s tirade had been inexcusable, he had given me a lot to think about
LifeLinesTuesday, January 01, 2019Prove Them Wrong“You really should have told me to come down to your office with my husband and broken this news to me in a nicer way”
LifeLinesWednesday, December 19, 2018Who Gives Sight to the Blind“Moshe is going to live,” the doctors told Sarah, “but we don’t know what’s going to be with his vision.”
LifeLinesTuesday, December 11, 2018Dancing Under the UmbrellaWhen I was growing up, dance was so much a part of my identity that I would sometimes wonder to myself whether there was anything inside me besides dance
LifeLinesWednesday, November 07, 2018Lifelines: Best FriendsHow could she possibly make it through school— and life— if we didn’t help her to succeed, or at least not fail dismally, in the academic realm?