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Crossing the Bridge
We are walking along a busy, suburban street that runs mostly parallel to the highway connecting our town to the ...
A True Sports Hero — And A Mentsch
It’s getting hard to find role models in sports these days. Especially in the National Football League, where stars such ...
The Science Behind Children’s Spirituality
My 19-month-old daughter loves watching for school buses. She camps out on our couch, eyes eagerly scanning for any sign of yellow, and ...
My Chinese Daughter’s Jewish Roots
This is the final in a short series on adoption in Jewish families. Enjoy!In 1988, I had my entire life ...
Free-Range Judaism
I have to admit, as a parent of an elementary school-aged child, that I am a supporter of and practitioner ...
Eating Bacon?
This is the third in a short series about adoption and multiracial Jewish families that Be’chol Lashon will be running over ...
The Maternity Leave Mitzvah
The details may vary from patient to patient, but the scenario is usually the same. A mother and newborn baby ...
My #OrthodoxFeministMoment
“Ima, can you help me with my chapter of megillah?” My thirteen-year old son Davi, who recently became a Bar ...
Making Up for a Skipped Bat Mitzvah
Last month, my daughter celebrated her Bat Mitzvah. In the months before her Bat Mitzvah we moved from the Boston-area ...
A Daughter’s Response to “Mincha in the Midwest”
This past Simchat Torah, my mother began planning her synagogue’s first women’s mincha, afternoon service. She was inspired by the ...