Family Matters
Clearly, reframing involves redefining terms like “happiness”
Fiction
She took a rueful look at Leah’s flower arrangement, at Meira and Chana’s gowns, then at Yehuda’s back. “I guess not everyone read the memo about the color scheme,” she commented
Musings
If I cry it means I’m guilty. If I cry it means I miss my daughter. I will want to be with her. And I can’t now. So I won’t cry. I won’t
Center Stage
“What, one of those frummie, all-women films?” she smirked. “Nah, I never go to those. The caliber is not the highest, if you know what I mean”
LifeTakes
We know that grief — so raw and bloody — is a traffic accident you want to look away from. Because it may be you next time, and you try to make sense of how short life can be
Washington Wrap
The Democratic field feels different this year — gone are the niceties of the past
Tribute
This was the Rabbi Trenk doctrine: I’m not telling you what to do. The first part isn’t important. How we got here doesn’t make a difference. Why agonize about what was? The main ...
All I Ask
"What you throw in the laundry, by us is called clean. Where’s the garbage bag with the laundry? We’ll find something in there that’s not too dirty”
Recipes
Chanie was kvelling about her super-fresh fridge-clean-out salad, and that got me in the mood of endives. I knew I wanted them to balance the sweetness of the melon!
