In a few short months, I will be celebrating my 40th birthday. When my parents took my daughter and me to dinner last week, I
A couple of days ago, I had what was likely my last visit of the summer to the beach. While the chairs will sit in
Over the past couple of weeks we have carefully emerged from our homes as we try to navigate this new version of normal we are
One of my favorite parts about living where I live is the bustle you feel in the air before any Yom Tov. At the grocery
There was one Purim years ago when I realized that I spent the day in the car and somehow missed seeing many friends. In our
Just a few weeks ago, I joined over 90,000 Jews at MetLife stadium for the Siyum HaShas. It was a day to “feel all the
A couple of weeks ago at work I had to attend an active shooter training. For the beginning of the class the instructor went through
In all my years of mothering, I can’t recall a time when there were three full weeks of school prior to the start of the
I was sitting in shul for kinos on Tisha B’Av morning, and looked around the room and thought about how we define destruction in our
A couple of weeks ago, I found myself knee deep in camp prep for my daughter. B”H, this is not her first year going to
In the weeks leading up to Pesach, or really any holiday, Passaic becomes a bustle of excitement. There is just something in the air. You
A couple of weeks ago, I found myself observing a support group for mothers whose children have a developmental deficit. The facilitator of the group
