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Holiday Giving Published December 25, 2012 Today is Christmas, perhaps the ultimate holiday for giving, and I am reflecting on the act, ritualization, and commercialization of “giving.” In the past few weeks the media has been abuzz with commentary on … Continue reading →

I support my old summer camp, Naaleh, in New York, because I had many happy years there. I  made some good friends when I was young and lived back East. I lost touch with most of these friends when I … Continue reading →

I hardly knew anyone in Palo Alto in 1984. Desperate for a familiar face, I sought out an old friend who had written sports for the Barnard Bulletin when I was the features editor. She now lived in an apartment … Continue reading →

If Manishewitz had had these in 1969, I would have gotten one, and been less embarassed in sixth grade… I was totally floored at making a candy house.  It seemed so goyish.  Jews don’t make candy houses, or they didn’t. … Continue reading →

Here’s a link to a posting I wrote for the Jewish Women’s Archive: In a nutshell, I don’t trust Talmud, Maggie Anton loves it, and whatever I think of it, Talmud is a very important piece of Jewish knowledge, which … Continue reading →

This article was published in JUDAISM, A Journal of Jewish Life and Thought, Issue No. 211/212/ Volume 53 / Numbers 3-4 / Summer-Fall 2004 / Pages 260-266. Bus Ride of the Living Or What I Did on My Summer Vacation … Continue reading →

Stuffed Cabbage, Before Jewishness hit the Internet, I had no idea that stuffed cabbage was a traditional dish for Simchat Torah (aka the day after Sukkot). I served stuffed cabbage at my open sukkah, because, while it is time-consuming to … Continue reading →

It was in the Palo Alto Daily News, then the Bay Daily news, and I reported on things that parents in Palo Alto needed to know to help them raise their kids, feel informed, get connected, or get mad. Here’s … Continue reading →

I went to Israel in July, ready to ride segregated busses in Jerusalem and report to the liberal Jewish feminist community on what I saw.  Just before I landed, this blog post went up on the Jewish Women’s Archive “Jewesses … Continue reading →