By Ilana Grinblat
In this week’s column, Rabbi Ilana Grinblat discusses biblical Joseph’s transformation from a dreamer to a dream interpreter — and relates the story to her own young son’s (easily fulfilled) wish.Read More
By Nathan Jeffay
Israel’s medical establishment is reacting angrily to revelations that the country’s Health Ministry is working on a plan to make Jerusalem’s two largest psychiatric institutions single-gender.
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By Ilana Grinblat
Rabbi Ilana Grinblat writes about her young son’s response to a television wrestling match and about the biblical Jacob’s divine wrestling match. From both, she draws lessons about the sometimes-hidden blessings of defeat.Read More
By Nathan Guttman
Marion Usher, a DC-based psychotherapist, leads interfaith couple workshops — already attended by 450 couples — that seek to erase the proverbial line in the sand in favor of inclusiveness.
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By Paul Golin
Move over Jewish day schools. There’s a new intermarriage panacea in town, and its name is Birthright Israel.Read More
By Deborah Kolben
A native New Yorker, Deborah Kolben was living in Berlin when she found out she was pregnant with her first child. In this essay, she discusses playing charades in the obstetrician’s office, being prescribed blood sausage and her complicated feelings about the prospect of giving birth in Germany.Read More
By Gabrielle Birkner
Women make up about three-quarters of the Jewish communal work force, but few Jewish organizations have formal policies that guarantee access to paid maternity leave and flexible work arrangements — and fewer still offer paid paternity leave.
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By Michael Kaminer
Carol Leifer’s comic memoir, “When You Lie About Your Age, The Terrorists Win,” is unflinchingly honest, which shouldn’t surprise anyone who squirmed in recognition of the embarrassing truths she nailed when she was a writer on “Seinfeld.”
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By Rabbi Deborah Wechsler
In this essay, Rabbi Deborah Wechsler discusses the challenges of being a loving mother and participating in the Jewish ritual circumcision of her newborn son.Read More
By Allison Gaudet Yarrow
Initially ambivalent about returning to her native South to get married, Allison Gaudet Yarrow recounts the complicated and often humorous task of orchestrating the big Southern Jewish wedding her mother always dreamed of, and learns to see the beauty in the strangeness.
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