I know Jews don’t do the whole “Saint” thing, but if we did I would nominate my landlord, Yossi. Since he found out I was pregnant (yes, I will admit I am already playing that card), he has been driving me and Yonah up to Rivka’s every morning and then dropping me off at […]

Last night we hosted what was probably the most happening Shabbat dinner party in all of Ramat Eshkol. We were ten around the table, and as international a crew as you could find outside of Brad and Angelina’s house. We had our American contingency, of course, which included a native Memphian and an Iowan, […]

I didn’t get to write yesterday because my day turned out to be as stuffed as a moose head in a hunting lodge. All good things, thankfully, but by the time I got home at MIDNIGHT, I was way too bombed to sit down and write about it.

My second day back at Midreshet […]

The Dorothy-ness continues now that I’ve finished my first day back at Midreshet Rachel. Coming in this morning it was like a whole new place. All of a sudden, everyone seemed to know me and was happy to see me. I drank up my Navi (Prophets) class — I have a teacher-crush on our […]

Right now I feel like Dorothy at the end of “The Wizard of Oz” when she realizes that home is only a click of her heels away. I went to visit Nishmat today, a school that has come highly recommended by women I respect. The building was beautiful, the faculty friendly and the student […]

Right now I feel like Dorothy at the end of “The Wizard of Oz” when she realizes that home is only a click of her heels away. I went to visit Nishmat today, a school that has come highly recommended by women I respect. The building was beautiful, the faculty friendly and the student […]

Yesterday I spent the afternoon at Yeshivat Simchat Shlomo, the school named after Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach. I sat in on three classes given by an amazing teacher named Rochel Rena Silber, one on Tehillim (psalms), one on Torah and Healing and one on Jewish Current Events. This last one in particular completely blew my […]

The first installment of my Rosh Chodesh women’s circle was a big hit, Thank Gd. There were six friends from Midreshet Rachel, plus my friend Chava, which made for a nice mix and a great, introspective vibe. Between that and the whole wheat muffins, we had some magic brewing. Everyone got really into the […]

Okay, I’ll admit it: I take cabs way too often. It’s not that I don’t like the bus, but there are moments when the prospect of extensive walking threatens to keep me housebound, especially now that I am getting pregnant-er. At this point, I would rather shell out the extra cash for door-to-door service […]

Our quiet Shabbos (brought in with my new hand-painted candlesticks) was marked with one exciting episode: Yonah walked! Early this morning, Shuie called me into the living room to show me how Yonah stood up and took two tentative little steps to Shuie’s open arms. I was so excited I wanted to pull […]