parenting
We Hereby Resolve
On New Year’s Eve, my wife, Cynthia, our son, Jonah, just turned fifteen, our new puppy, Phoebe, five months old, ...
How I Learned to Do More Than Just “Accept” Same-Sex Relationships
Check out today’s powerful post on The Canteen from Sheira Director-Nowack, who reflects on how a Keshet training on LGBT inclusion opened her eyes. Our next ...
How I Learned to Do More Than Just “Accept” Same-Sex Relationships
I am not quite sure when I first started to understand the notion of homosexuality. When Billie Jean King was ...
My Son, His Autism, and My New Appreciation for Hanukkah
Last August, when my son, Jonah, returned from sleepaway camp with a sunburn, an array of nasty-looking mosquito bites, and a ...
The Small Moments
Recently, my daughter was asked to write about a small moment for school. Not just any small moment – one ...
Hanukkah Gift Guide for Your Favorite Camper
Presenting: Hanukkah gift suggestions, Canteen-style! Although we have a few cold months to get through before we reach our beloved ...
Giving
This holiday season, we have giving on our minds and in our hearts. How camp influences what it means to ...
The Truth about Pink
When my 14-year-old son Jonah returned from sleep away camp this past summer it was with some surprising new interests. ...
A Halloween With Jewish Values?
Lately it seems like Halloween has becomes a Rorschach test for how Jews feel about assimilation. As expressed in this eloquent blog ...
The One Thing I Didn’t Expect My Son to be Surprised By
Sometimes I forget that we live in a particular sort of liberal bubble here in our “Happy Valley.” And there ...