September 21, 2023
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Dear Miriam, During Rosh Hashanah, I noticed a few people who were reading books other than the machzor during services. It seemed both like a great idea to have something […]
Continue readingSeptember 5, 2023
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The other day, when I was washing dishes, I noticed something new about how my four-year-old son was watching videos. For the first time, he was moving the video progress […]
Continue readingAugust 30, 2023
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When Micah Siva’s sister was pregnant with her child during the height of the COVID pandemic, she was looking for a baby gift that would be cute and give some […]
Continue readingAugust 8, 2023
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Last summer, 11-year-old Adina Togal was enjoying a carefree summer at Herzl Camp when – as it happens with so many kids – she came down with strep throat. For […]
Continue readingJuly 20, 2023
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Got a question? E-mail me to submit a question. Dear Miriam, When I was a kid, I had a terrible time at sleepaway camp. I cried every day and counted […]
Continue readingJuly 14, 2023
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When the rabbi agreed to come for my mother’s pizza party memorial, my sister, father, and I were surprised. Mom’s untraditional wish to be cremated and surrounded by pizza, something […]
Continue readingJuly 7, 2023
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ELKO NEW MARKET, Minn. – Thomas Poretsky is six years away from being behind the wheel of a street-legal car and is too young to drive bumper cars at the […]
Continue readingJune 22, 2023
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After several years of unsteady enrollment, Talmud Torah of St. Paul’s board of directors voted Tuesday night to close the Newman School, its kindergarten through 5th-grade day school, effective immediately. […]
Continue readingJune 22, 2023
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Got a question? E-mail me to submit a question, and to read future Miriam’s Advice Well columns, visit miriamsadvicewell.com weekly on Thursday. Dear Miriam, How do I encourage my school-age […]
Continue readingJune 15, 2023
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Got a question? E-mail me to submit a question, and to read future Miriam’s Advice Well columns, visit miriamsadvicewell.com weekly on Thursday. Dear Miriam, My 8-year-old son hates sitting at […]
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