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Ike, northern style
It was really windy all day. Humid and windy. I was at work until 4 p.m., and I periodically glanced out the window to watch the trees bend and sway in a macabre display of elasticity. It’s fascinating...
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The dishes can wait
This is not my kitchen I had a major headache today. You know, the kind that you can feel coming on a few days in advance. Yeah, one of those. Unfortunately, I was a little too busy to take it easy....
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Discovering my BFF
Here it is! The first post in the Perspectives of Marriage series. Enjoy! Juliya Sheynman is a marketing professional with most of her experience working with Jewish non-profits. A first time Mama –...
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Torah Tuesdays: Choose who you become
This is a woodcut of Koheles, somehow... I’d like to thank my toddler for napping and my baby for entertaining himself, which is how I had time to write today’s Torah Tuesdays post. Boys, you’re the...
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Please Help a Friend in Need
A girl I know from seminary recently lost everything she owns in an apartment fire. Like, everything. She came home to see fire trucks parked outside her building, and then the worst-case scenario...
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New series: Women Who Inspire Us
Have you ever been just wowed by someone you know? A seemingly ordinary, average woman, who acts in an extraordinary, above-average way? I’ve been wowed. Many times. I know women so patient and...
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Using social media in a positive way, part one
Recently, Ima 2 Seven posted about an article she had read on MavenMall.com where a social media mommy was on the verge of cutting the internet out of her home. As a response to the article, Chana...
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On Endings and Beginnings
Seventeen days That’s all the time we have left in Charm City. The movers are coming on the 24th to pack all our possessions into boxes, and they will return on the 25th to load those boxes, and our...
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I had lunch with a friend today. It was splendid, absolutely something I should do more often. My two-year-old finishes his playgroup around lunchtime, so I picked up him before I went to the bagel...
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I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about community, and fitting in, and trying to figure out some way to be able to explain exactly how to do it so that people can experience the warmth and wonder of...
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I got up this morning when my alarm went off (okay, I hit snooze once, which, for me, is essentially the same getting up immediately) and for the first time in what feels like years, but is actually...
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