Minnesota Mamaleh: “The B Word”
Blessed people. I’m talking about the word blessed. What did you think I was going to write about today?! Sheesh.
Minnesota Mamaleh: Clink! to Israel
My relationship with Israel is like any other– sometimes fabulous, sometimes painful. What kind of a connection do I want to foster between Israel and my kids?
Minnesota Mamaleh: About a Mazik
Raising my boy feels so very different than my girls. A lot of it I’m still muddling through, but the mazik-cutie-pie-trouble-maker part of him? That, I love!
Minnesota Mamaleh: Against All Odds, My Grandmother’s Story
My Grandmother is a Holocaust survivor. This is her story. I am honored (and humbled) to tell it.
Minnesota Mamaleh: When It Comes To Religion, Think. Please.
Taking the “just the way it is” out of religion and bringing honest-to-goodness thinking and questioning right back on in.
Minnesota Mamaleh: Free is NOT Shtoopy
The concept of freedom. Of choices. And of using those choices wisely really resonated with us and became the gem of a lesson embedded within the rituals of Passover.
Minnesota Mamaleh: The Mommy Wars
Stay-at-home versus Working Mamas…granted not a fight that you’d want to miss. But really, not one that should be happening in the first place.
Minnesota Mamaleh: On Chutzpah
Why every once in awhile I encourage, that’s right I said ENCOURAGE, my kids to talk back.
Minnesota Mamaleh: Girlfriends
Interfaith friendships versus same-faith friendships. Discuss.
Minnesota Mamaleh: Purim is Bittersweet
Sometimes the most bittersweet moments lead to the most authentic learning.