Singlehood

The Role of Ring Holder At The Chuppah

By Anonymous | February 7, 2022

“How are you holding up?” – This is the recurrent text I’ve learned to expect in the days following a…

Whole, Body & Soul

By Rivka Mazal Tauber | August 15, 2021

I remember being eight years old and getting on a scale.  I was offered $1 for every pound I would…

Shifting Perspectives

By Atara Sheinson | November 11, 2020

On March 3, 2020 I was sitting at a continuing education course with some colleagues.  I remember getting texts on…

“What’s the Big Deal?”

By Anonymous | August 4, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected everyone.  Some physically, some financially, many, if not most, emotionally.  Each one of us typically…

Alone

By Rebecca Klempner | March 28, 2019

Fiction Mindy sits in the neurologist’s waiting room. To her right and left, patients—most with pinched brows and downturned lips—flip…

The Failings of Solely Focusing on Beauty

By Shira Lankin Sheps | March 20, 2019

As women, we know that we need to take care of ourselves. We should eat nutritious food, dress in a…

Coming Full Circle

By Tova Lahasky | March 10, 2019

Facebook is all about celebration. We see each other’s seemingly perfect lives. The pictures of birthdays, Broadway musicals, picnics, weddings,…

The Challenge of “One Size Fits All” in Dating

By Micki Lavin-Pell | February 27, 2019

The importance of creating a good Jewish home has been drilled into most members of the Orthodox Jewish community from…

Layers Platform Feedback: Top Ten Things A Shadchan Should Know

By Shira Lankin Sheps | February 26, 2019

Many people in our Jewish communities date and find their spouses through the mechanism of “Shidduch Dating.” What that means,…

Dating: Let Us Trust Ourselves

By Sara Kupfer | February 24, 2019

I was on my way home from work last week when my friend Ayala called. “I need to vent. I…

Widowhood as a Single Mom

By Aviva Ben-Zev/Rosenbaum | December 25, 2018

The hardest thing I have ever done was when I had to tell my five year-old daughter that her father…

“Overweight” and Loving Myself

By Yehudit Jessica Singer | December 17, 2018

I have been overweight my whole life. For as long as I remember, I’ve been “the fat girl.” It’s so…