Elisheva Appel

Elisheva Appel is a writer and graphic designer with a weakness for semi-colons; she lives in Lakewood, NJ, with her family.

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Family First Feature

Wednesday, June 05, 2019

Guiding Lights

Hashem was telling me, “Previously, you served Me in your own milieu, in your comfort zone, as a popular educator. Now let’s see what you can do when I take it all away”

Dreamscapes

Wednesday, June 05, 2019

Turn a Creative Passion into a Business

All the details were still question marks, but I woke up the next morning with a jolt — hey, I have a business!

Dreamscapes

Wednesday, May 22, 2019

Use Music to Help Girls Shine

Her Yiddish-speaking band hits all the right notes

I dare me

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

I Had 30 Days to Write a Novel

National Novel Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, is an annual challenge that takes place each November. Participants commit to writing daily to produce a 50,000-word novel in 30 days

Profiles

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

The Sun Always Shines

It’s a tough interview to conduct, since Rebbetzin Ackerman can’t quite figure out why I consider her achievements noteworthy

Lifestyle

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

The Friends We Keep

What happens when you take two complete strangers and have them spend a few hours together? Does the time fly by, or is the evening strained and awkward? Family First matched up f ...