Target Reached – Freshly Minted Paralegal
I am on the cusp of finishing my Associate’s Degree in Paralegal Studies. I have my last final Thursday night. Then I am done. Theoretically I need to wait for the grades to come in,…
Opinion
Was this anti-semitism or was it the act of an unbalanced person?
I was with my son at the mall, starting to stock up on stuff for his aliyah. He has a long list, and we have thankfully managed to cross many things off. We entered one…
The Birds and the Bees – Say it Ain’t So!
I was eleven when I learned about sex. My classmates and I had snuck into an empty classroom at recess, and one of them had drawn diagrams on the chalkboard explaining what a daddy does…
BOOK REVIEW: Binding Memories: A Clock is Rewound in Prague by Diane Greenberg
You know by now how much I love to read – and when I read I become personally invested in the story and I try to find something to identify with the main character. I…
Rabbis Need to Be Careful When Dispensing Advice
I am sure my long time readers remember the immigration hell I went through after I married the KoD. Things were really bad at the time, and we were getting no answers from the immigration…
How Things Change – Babies
My youngest is turning 11 this month. When I was pregnant with him we found out early on that he was a boy, but we kept that information to ourselves. With the first I didn’t…
Heinous or Harmless: Calling the Caterer
Just got an email from a friend who is making a wedding in Toronto, with guests being bused in from Monsey. A ten-hour bus ride. The family is paying for their friends to go with…
Do You Haiku?
The art of the haiku is well known. You have a certain number of words and syllables in which to transmit your message. I never remember how many words or syllables, and my haikus just…
From the Mailbag: Spousal Privacy
I saw this question on ImaMother too. I find it interesting that the person posted there and emailed me too. Hmmm. Or maybe someone else emailed me the question for the mailbag? Who knows. Anyhow….
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…
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…
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…
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