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Hevria

Hevria

On the Occasion of Our Silver Anniversary August 2019
Do My Sacrifices Make Me a Better Mother? May 2019
How the First Seder I Remember Shaped My Jewish Identity April 2019
Snow Day  March 2019
How I Mastered the Art of Disappointment January 2019
For the Love of Laundry January 2019
How Do We Know When It’s Time To Go? November 2018
Does Motherhood Break Us into Pieces or Make Us Whole? October 2018
Words Are There for the Taking, and So Is Silence September 2018
God of the Bathroom  August 2018
How I Became a Feminist Without Even Trying  July 2018
Because There Are No Phones in Heaven  May 2018
On Love, Fatigue, and Motherhood April 2018
The Ghosts in Our Garage 
March 2018
It’s Hard Not To Write On Shabbos  February 2018
Stealing Time from the Cosmos  January 2017
How To Build an Entire World in Negative Space December 2017
In Which I Discover I’m a Wrestler, Too November 2017
The Piece of Me That’s Missing November 2017
Beneath the Blessed Water September 2017
The Invisible Jew   July 2017
So Many Ways to Be Silent  April 2017
The Messy Business of Atonement  October 2016
In the Aisle Between Darkness and Light  April 2016

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