The Catch
My oldest is about to head off to college in just a few weeks. And I’m not ok. Cue up the Jelly Roll song. I’m currently a giant ball of […]
July 16, 2026
July 8, 2026
Olkusz: An Inheritance of Memory
It started with a photo. I sat beside my grandmother, her soft hand clasping mine. With her other hand, she pulled a photograph from her sweater pocket and handed it […]
July 1, 2026
Why the Temple Was Destroyed
Have you ever seen a movie or read a book a second time and wanted to shout out to the ‘good guy’ “Don’t open the car door – it’ll explode!” […]
May 27, 2026
Finding Jewish Practice as an Adult
I’m a Jewish mother. Like my mother before me and hers before that. (Any farther back and we’re talking about turn of the century Jews in Eastern Europe, and I […]
May 19, 2026
‘Pirkei Avot’ Offers A Guide To Living as a Mensch
I put the box with my new computer part on the table in the salon, relieved that it had at last arrived. Meanwhile, my cleaner was busy sweeping and washing […]
May 8, 2026
A Philanthropist? Who, Me?
Last week, I found myself at a Mel Robbins show with a good friend – one of those “sure, why not?” nights that turns into something unexpectedly meaningful. I knew […]
March 18, 2026
For the Love of Bomb Shelters
We grew up with a bomb shelter in our basement. My dad, an engineer, was the first to build a designated home bomb shelter in rural Windom, Minn., during the […]
March 13, 2026
An Ode To Synagogue Security Teams
Before this year’s preschool fundraiser, I took the time to sit down and interview our three main security guards. I already knew them well – from Saturday mornings at shul, […]
February 25, 2026
Opposing the ICE Surge while Supporting Israel
On Jan. 7, I returned home to Minneapolis from an eight-day trip to Israel, eager to share my takeaways about what it means to be a liberal Zionist in the […]
February 13, 2026
A Prayer for the Country and Guiding Ethics
Diaspora Jews have for centuries added a special prayer to our prayerbooks for the monarchs, leaders, and institutions that provided us safe haven as an oft-persecuted minority. When those institutions […]