Motherhood
On Flowing Love and Tears: A Window into Postpartum Depression
Photographed By: Tzvi Feifel “You’re going to feel love like you’ve never felt it before.” That’s what they told me.…
The Collection of Jewish Moms
The dining room, Friday night at the Singles’ Shabbaton, buzzed with the potential of meeting one’s spouse. My friend Chaikie…
Talking About Genocide on the Playground
Yesterday afternoon I woke up from my Shabbat nap to my eight-year-old daughter standing over my bed. Her face was…
Infertility Awareness Shabbat: Creating a Legacy to Ensure A Feeling of Inclusion by Those Who Have Not Yet Completed Their Families
I’m not a big crier, I like to have a tough exterior and save my tears for private conversations between…
A Legacy of Words
On April 22, 2010, I defined myself primarily as a mother of four young children and a wife of a…
I Came Out of Egypt
As time goes by, the significance of our legacy grows. Along with that significance grows the responsibility of maintaining and…
The Thing I Carry
Depression is a thing of isolation. Of self-doubt and self-recrimination. Of worthlessness and disconnect. The voice of the yetzer harah…
Searching for My Father’s Legacy
My mother was and is what we now respectfully call a stay-at-home-mom. Back then though she was “just” a housewife,…
The Warriors, Mother and Son
I take a right turn out of the elevator and walk toward the wall of windows facing the street. It’s…
Finding Spirituality in the Details
“What’s the best way to utilize my free time?” That’s the question I asked one of my rabbis at the…
Barbara’s Story: Giving Care, Giving Love
(1/5) “Decisions Needed to Be Made” “It was a reaction to the circumstance. I was trying to get my parents…
Learning From Caregiving
Some of us may be born with caregiving DNA or have it wired into our temperament. Caregiving is certainly shaped…