Life Lab

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

Just Like Moish

Could I adopt my husband’s habits for a week — and survive?

Outside Chance

Wednesday, October 28, 2020

Outside Chance: Chapter 28  

Chaim picked up his laffa, then put it down. He seemed to be thinking. “I don’t remember ever making a conscious choice in my life”

Outside Chance

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

Outside Chance: Chapter 27

My breath caught in my throat. Every time I let myself picture that awful moment, I felt first-trimester nausea

Outside Chance

Wednesday, October 14, 2020

Outside Chance: Chapter 26

The door to the ezras nashim opened; I knew she was there before I looked. Be a lady, I reminded myself

Outside Chance

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Outside Chance: Chapter 25 

Behaving for Yehudis is failing. It was giving up too much of what makes me, well, me

Pinpoint

Tuesday, September 29, 2020

Parallels and Perspective

Stick a pin in the phonebook. See where it lands. Make the call. Does everyone have a story? Five writers find out

Outside Chance

Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Outside Chance: Chapter 24 

“You’re the worst Tatty ever.” Avrumi kept quiet. Tzvi scowled

Outside Chance

Wednesday, September 16, 2020

Outside Chance: Chapter 23  

Yup, she was definitely my daughter. There was a lull. I stayed quiet for as long as I could handle the silence

Outside Chance

Wednesday, September 09, 2020

Outside Chance: Chapter 22 

"You can do better, Chana. Yehudis, who made your community, deserves better. So does the shul"

Outside Chance

Wednesday, September 02, 2020

Outside Chance: Chapter 21 

I’d thought switching yeshivos was just a suggestion — now it was a threat

Outside Chance

Wednesday, August 26, 2020

Outside Chance: Chapter 20

"I know, but it’s so scary. The odds are slim, but they’re still there, my numbers were off, weren’t they?"