When school closed in March, I girded myself to get through what I thought would be five weeks of my kids learning at home. I marshaled as much energy, optimism and can-do attitude as I could by focusing on the scene I imagined would take place when school finally opened again: teachers lining the playground,…
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S.F. rabbi’s picture book brings kids to Torah by way of yoga
The rabbi is a yogi. And now also a children’s book author. With her colorfully illustrated debut, “I Am the Tree of Life: My Jewish Yoga Book,” Rabbi…
Books
A Jewish anti-racist reading list for children of all ages
This moment has many of us reeling. Honestly, for those of you who are, like me, white-presenting Jewish parents, we should consider this a time of…
Parenting
Jewish community has been a lifeline to me as a mother. It’s time to return the favor.
When I moved from New York to San Francisco more than 20 years ago, the only person I knew was my hubby. We were newly married, and I was looking for…
Parenting
A lovely return home, but in Maine my kids ran free
My gregarious younger son was holding court on our stoop as he is wont to do, chatting it up with whichever passing pedestrian would give him the time of…
Parenting
From the precipice of an empty nest to four under one roof
It was kind of fun in the beginning. We played board games. We wore our pajamas all day. We took long walks in the rain. The kids talked to us. But it’s…
Parenting
Escaping NYC for more space in Maine — and the best bagel ever
When I was a child, I knew where to find the world’s best bagel: at Mister Bagel, in Portland, Maine. When my parents brought me into the…
Parenting
Our isolation has rekindled my motherly ways — and I like it
I have regressed. I make my son breakfast during the week and bring it to him in his room, where he starts his virtual school day at his desk. I make…
Parenting
Staying at home with two young boys, live streamed drawing time is my savior
Two weeks ago — I believe this timeline is accurate, though time has now lost all meaning — when I went to pick my oldest son up from school, he was…