Another Devastating Step In the “Year of Firsts”
When a parent passes, one of the hardest parts – at least for me – is the “year of firsts” – the first holiday without them, birthdays, Mother’s or Father’s […]
May 8, 2025
May 7, 2025
A Story About the Stories from the Tribe
Before there were blogs…Before there were Zoom meetings… Before there were email chains and Facebook messengers and TikTok influencers… There were storytellers. As a child I remember sitting around the […]
May 7, 2025
One of Those Days…
The last month or so has been a more difficult time for me. Between a heavy workload at my daytime job, several things to accomplish in a short time frame […]
May 2, 2025
The Storytellers Bringing TC Jewfolk’s Second Annual Storytelling Show to Life
We couldn’t be more excited to introduce the amazing cast of our second annual storytelling show, Stories from the Tribe! These storytellers are bringing their real-life experiences—funny, heartfelt, and unforgettable—to […]
April 23, 2025
My Daughter Won’t Do Anything I Ask
My daughter won’t do anything I ask No matter how big or small a task The level of authority Autonomy Absolute assuredly It is exhausting Bordering deranged Please God May […]
April 18, 2025
Upcoming Caregivers Conference Focuses On Grief
As the lead organizer of every-other-year caregivers’ conference jointly conducted by Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Minneapolis and Jewish Family Service of St. Paul, Tabitha DeRango said that the […]
April 11, 2025
HMJDS Eighth-Graders Reflect On School’s First Israel Experience
Shortly after Oct. 7, 2023, the leadership at Heilicher Minneapolis Jewish Day School decided it was the right moment to start planning for its eighth graders, the oldest group of […]
April 9, 2025
Just A Phase
When I was 12 years old, I decided I was going to be a vegetarian. Soon after this decision, I was in public with my mom. Somehow, the topic came […]
April 3, 2025
Introducing the Cast of TC Jewfolk’s 2025 MN Mammalehs: Stories from the Tribe Show!
Today, we couldn’t be more excited to announce the cast of our second annual storytelling show, MN Mammalehs: Stories from the Tribe! Elisa Bernick Robin Gale Adina Lebowitz Stacey Dinner […]
March 26, 2025
Honesty As A Policy
Before I had kids, I was the perfect parent. What I mean is that I certainly had an idea of how I wanted to do this job, and I was […]