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My exercise class was about to begin when I got the email from the HuffPost blog team letting me know that my article was published (5 Things People Ask When They Find Out I’m Married To A Gynecologist). I spent Continue reading My Vagina Monologue: What I Learned From My Huffington Post Debut
My mom was born in Bamberg, Germany on May 20, 1946. Her parents met right after the War. Saba Joe survived Buchenwald and Savta Ella survived forced labor at HASAG Munitions Factory. Savta never spoke about the War, so this Continue reading My Mother’s Return to Germany after 68 Years (Published by The Times of Israel)
I can see the pupils dilate and the wheels begin to turn when people find out that I’m married to a gynecologist. Paranoid as this may seem, I’ve answered enough questions and survived too many bizarre interactions to be caught Continue reading 5 Things People Ask Me When They Find Out I’m Married To A Gynecologist (Published in The Huffington Post)
Last spring after Passover I had lunch with two friends: a convert to Judaism and a Reform rabbi. I know this sounds like the start of a joke that goes something like, “three women, a rabbi, a former-Christian, and an Continue reading Why I Stopped Freaking Out About Other People’s Kosher Habits (Published in Kveller)
I was in the midst of my first draft of an article on anti-Semitism when I got the call. Under normal circumstances when the school phone number flashes across my screen, I catch myself mentally flipping through probable scenarios: Did Continue reading How I Helped My Daughter Deal With Anti-Semitism in the Classroom (Published in Kveller)