Calligraphy: Succos 5786
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Outside Chance
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Behaving for Yehudis is failing. It was giving up too much of what makes me, well, me
Esther Kurtz
Esther is boring and normal, bananas in her yogurt make her very happy. She lives in NJ with her husband, children and many opinions
LATEST ARTICLE
Archive
Outside Chance
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
“You’re the worst Tatty ever.” Avrumi kept quiet. Tzvi scowled
Outside Chance
Wednesday, September 16, 2020
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
"You can do better, Chana. Yehudis, who made your community, deserves better. So does the shul"
Outside Chance
Wednesday, September 02, 2020
I’d thought switching yeshivos was just a suggestion — now it was a threat
Outside Chance
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
"I know, but it’s so scary. The odds are slim, but they’re still there, my numbers were off, weren’t they?"
Outside Chance
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
How funny and sad is it that I’m giving parenting advice and support to Shifra when I’m kinda muddling through it myself right now?
Life Lab
Wednesday, August 19, 2020
Keeping house is like building Pisom and Ramses; every day your work is undone and you have to start from scratch
Outside Chance
Wednesday, August 12, 2020
“Who said I want to go back to the dorm?” Chaim interjected. What? That wasn’t in the script
Outside Chance
Wednesday, August 05, 2020
What was she saying? I was confused. I didn’t say anything, because at that moment nothing felt safe or right
Outside Chance
Wednesday, July 29, 2020
I was a free woman until Tzvi got home at 2:30. I may as well chap arein my freedom before the baby comes
