2
Jan, 2014

I must have brought the underwhelming, underperforming snow with me from Seattle. All day long we were barraged with reports of coming blizzard that would

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17
Dec, 2013

Over the weekend we were having a chat about Israel. One of the boys said something or other about Jerusalem, only he used the Hebrew

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29
Nov, 2013

The modern version of the enemy of my enemy is my friend — when you meet someone new and discover you are both annoyed by

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20
Oct, 2013

When my firstborn turned one (about ten and a half years ago), I threw him what amounted to a bar mitzvah. I have actual photographic

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1
Oct, 2013

Bitch-snacked. Derived from the term bitch-slapped. You know you’ve been bitch-snacked when someone points out that you’ve provided one of your kids with inadequately nutritious food.

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23
Sep, 2013

It seems that Jews are not a people of convenience. This time of year some of us Jews find ourselves eating in flimsy outdoor huts.

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18
Sep, 2013

We found these in the garden today. The kids asked me what they are. “I don’t know what they are, but I know what they

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6
Apr, 2013

Here’s what I know for sure: No amount of begging, cajoling, or threatening will motivate my kids to behave quite like the bad fortunes of

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18
Feb, 2013

Purim is around the corner — the closest thing we Jews have to our own Halloween. We dress up, give out treats, and wait for

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5
Oct, 2012

… These looked pretty; I couldn’t resist. But what in God’s name am I supposed to do with them?

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