Inspiration Faith & Prayer Health & Wellness Entertainment Love & Family
Newsletters Special Offers

(newly!) four year old: Mama, were you sad when you worked for Pharoah? me: Honey, I didn’t work for Pharoah. That was a long time ago. four year old: But you said you were in Egypt! me: Yes, but I was just visiting. four year old: Oh. (moment of silence.)  Were there other harsh rulers?

In another lifetime, I was an outdoor educator. My work involved taking kids to play, and sometimes live, in the woods. For several years after  college I worked as a teacher at Nature’s Classroom, a five-day residential environmental education center, and as a wilderness guide for Outward Bound. While there was nothing Jewish about either…

With all things Passover pretty much packed up until next year, we’ve been experiencing something of a denouement around here. I’ve been wondering what to blog about….what Jewish thing is going on in our lives now that the ultimate home-shuling holiday has come and gone? Of course, if we were a little more observant, this…

  it will look nothing like this A thousand pardons for not posting my favorite passover recipe before, or at least during, Passover, when you might have actually appreciated it. On the other hand, if you’re like me, and bought five pounds or more of matzah, you might still have an half-eaten box sitting in…
archives most recent
search this blog
More from Beliefnet and our partners
More from Beliefnet and our partners