Personal Accounts

Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Names Etched in Wood

Fiction

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

The Exchange

Six boys. Six yeshivos. Six chasunahs — well, seven, if you counted Yoni’s first marriage. Now they were starting to marry off the grandchildren

Musings

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Aravah Jew

“Look at him, at him, behind the stained shirt and missing teeth, and you can’t help loving him, he’s another Jew"

Calligraphy

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Sound Check

These women don’t even know her, but they want to know about her deepest struggles

Musings

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

Finding My Father

I stand there with my years’ worth of baggage. Praying for another year

Real Life

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Tale of a Dress

I was searching for my missing gown, and found something worth much more

Vacancies

Wednesday, September 04, 2019

Vacancies: Chapter 6

What did Laya of the $300 shoes need that commission for?

LifeTakes

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Teacher in the Middle

I steal a look at the girls. They’re writing, writing. What about me? I taught them this, the words they’re stringing together so fast and sure

LifeTakes

Wednesday, May 15, 2019

Sparks

We chat of summer plans, jobs, dreams, and hopes. And who we are. I find myself defending something I never thought so much about

Windows

Tuesday, April 16, 2019

I’ll Be Back

Each week, there’s a new mix of guests at the table. People her neighbor finds in shul, people who have nowhere else to go

LifeTakes

Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Packaged with Love

“He’s much more okay than you remember. He’s changed.” She says this because I look skeptical. Duvi, that skinny boy, that branded child?