From the Mailbag: Hair Covering
Received this morning from a reader: Hi HaDassah – I have been pondering this issue for a long while, and wanted to hear your thoughts and those of your readers. I have…
JOB OPPORTUNITY – FOOD SERVICE DIRECTOR FOR SUMMER CAMP
I don’t usually do this on my blog but am helping out a friend. Please pass on to anyone you know who might be interested. High End Kosher Children’s Camp in the mountains of North…
Boston – My Heart Is With You
There’s no way to understand the explosions in Boston yesterday. There’s no way to explain it so our little ones understand. It is so hard to accept the evil in this world. I cannot imagine…
Blood Segregation
This is not what I consider Judaism. I consider this fundamentalism. Read the article: Rabbi bans Orthodox Jewish men from receiving blood donated by women, non Orthodox Jews, non Jews Do you care where your…
This Week’s Meal Plan – Week Two
Last week I kept pretty much to the meal plan apart for Wednesday when wasn’t feeling too well. But there were plenty of leftovers in the fridge for everyone to eat. The pizza was the…
Mikvah and the Single Girl
I regularly get emails from all kinds of people asking me all kinds of questions. This one just popped into my FB mailbox. Hey HSM, Can you ask your people a question: What’s the deal…
Pretending to go to the Mikvah
To take a side step from my review of Unorthodox for a moment, in her book Feldman mentions that toward the end of her marriage she would pretend to go the mikvah, instead of actually…
Unorthodox: My Rambling Review
I know I am late to the game. Everyone was reading this book last year. I generally don’t read non-fiction. Real life is hard enough without having to read the trials and tribulations of real…
Language Pet Peeve
I guess I should be happy that we have all integrated well into American society. I am. But there is one phrase that I hear all the time, and may have been guilty of using…
This Week’s Menu Plan
I am trying to be more organized in the house – what with working and juggling kids I need to know what I am cooking when, and not panic at 5.30 pm that there is…
To Forgive a Killer
My Hebrew name is Hadassah Henya. I am named in memory of Henya Sabo, my great-grandmother who, I have been told, perished in the gas chambers at Auschwitz. Down below you can see the wedding…
My Views on Gay Marriage – A Stream of Consciousness
I was brought up that being heterosexual is the way to go, and one gets married before one has heterosexual sex with one’s spouse of the opposite sex. That’s it, that’s all. There was no…
Wishing You All a Happy Pesach
I am heading to the kitchen to get my cooking going – chicken soup with matzah balls, chicken in white wine, brisket, mashed potatoes and kugel, and compote – to name a few of the…
I Was Raised By Two Women
Yes, that’s quite the statement, but it doesn’t have the modern meaning. I was actually raised lovingly by my mother and maternal grandmother. No external male influences – just them, me and my brothers. We…
Final Immigration Update
As long-time blog readers know, my journey to becoming a legal resident of the United States has been a long and arduous one. Many people are under the assumption that by marrying a US Citizen…
