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As solstice approaches and the days grow colder, shorter and just plain dreary, who doesn’t long to be magically transported to a warmer, greener and happier time? So yesterday seemed like the perfect time to finally crack open the review copy I received of We Sang That At Camp, an assortment of music from Jewish…

It’s erev my birthday on the secular calendar. (Wondering when your birthday is on the Hebrew calendar? You can find out here.) Tomorrow I’ll be something-something. No, actually I’ll be 43. After spending the weekend with a bunch of young hippies at the Teva/Adamah staff reunion, it’s actually starting to feel kind of old.  What…

I love many things about living in the Pioneer Valley, not the least of which is the number of people who share my values. In most homes I visit in Northampton I can ask “where do put your compost”, rather than “do you compost” (or, “have you ever heard of compost?”); or “what did you…

Just a brief post about a sweet moment. Earlier this week, after my first immersion in the mikveh since the night before my wedding, the rebbetzin hugged me and said “may this mitzvah bring many blessings to you and your family.”  Our chabad house may be mildewy, and the water a little chilly, but the…

Laura Lee will have a boker tov (good morning) when she finds out she is the winner of Joe Black’s book and cd Boker Tov! Laura, please email your address to homeshuling at gmail dot com. Everyone else, stay tuned for the next it’s-almost-hanukkah book giveaway.

On Sunday, November 7, I’ll be at the New Haven JCC book fair, reading from my first book, A Mezuzah on the Door. After the reading, there will be a craft activity making mezuzah cases. The details about the event are all here. Are you near New Haven? Come join us! And make sure to introduce…

If your family is like mine, your children will be up too late tonight, and unable to fall asleep when they do finally get home from celebrating that holiday-which-shall-not-be named. But, because the pagans didn’t have the good sense to make their yom-tovs start the night before and include a day of rest, we’ll have…

Me! For all of your amazing and thoughtful comments. But, that’s not what you came to find out, is it? The other winner, chosen by random.org is Mary Ellen, who wrote: I was raised Catholic, and I loved Christmas. What’s not to like? The scents, the music, the joy. I always felt a little sorry…

Mahatma Ghandi once said, “Be the change you want to see in the world.” While I fall woefully short of fulfilling this mandate, I do tend to be the Jewish education I want to see in the world. In the early 90’s, when I wanted a way to merge my work as an environmental educator…

As I’ve written before, my girls are fascinated by Christmas. I don’t blame them – it’s sparkly, sweet and mysterious, and it’s practically everywhere, at least after the Halloween decorations come down. As part of an interfaith family, I used to stress out about this; you can read my post from last year about the…
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