Family First SerialTuesday, June 21, 2022Within My Walls: Chapter 10Aisha bursts out, “But you are a girl. How do you know how to read and write? The Hebrew tongue, no less”
Family First SerialTuesday, June 14, 2022Within My Walls: Chapter 9 She is beginning to see: All who are here are Muslim, but some are more Muslim than others
Family First SerialTuesday, June 07, 2022Within My Walls: Chapter 8 When you live within the babble of other people, it is harder to hear the voices of the people inside you
Family First SerialTuesday, May 31, 2022Within My Walls: Chapter 7 Jerusalem is a city of fire. Tzfat is the city of air, and it is the place where we go when we can no longer breathe
Family First SerialTuesday, May 24, 2022Within My Walls: Chapter 6 The words are hidden now, but the answer is clear: Moneylending to those of the Christian faith is permissible
Family First SerialTuesday, May 17, 2022Within My Walls: Chapter 5They do not listen. Instead, they begin a chant: “Traitor, traitor, traitor.”
The Conversation ContinuesTuesday, May 17, 2022Follow Me Where? The Conversation Continues Part 2“By nature, man is influenced by the conduct and views of his peers… and follows the customs of his fellow countrymen”
Family First SerialTuesday, May 10, 2022Within My Walls: Chapter 4 People think that enemies are born from jealousy, but it is not true. They are born from indebtedness
Family First SerialTuesday, May 03, 2022Within My Walls: Chapter 3 A girl goes from her father’s home to her husband’s. If she cannot live in either of those homes, what place does she have in the world?
Family First SerialTuesday, April 26, 2022Within My Walls: Chapter 2 “I am Bilhah. A newcomer.” She has picked up a few words of Ottoman Turkish, and she uses it now, though she can try again in Spanish or Greek
Family First SerialMonday, April 11, 2022Within My Walls: Chapter 1 A son announces not just a presence, but a dynasty. Not just a woman but a matriarch