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      • That Word
      • Perfectly Imperfect
      • What Happened When He Came Home
      • How Those Countdown to Pesach Emails Gave Me an Unexpected – and Somewhat Embarrassing – Aha! Moment
      • The Kindness of Strangers
      • A Blanket Measure of a Life
      • You Never Know What You’ll Find in the Snow
      • Failure Is an Option. Send in Reinforcements.
    • 2015
      • The Start of a Resolution
      • The Happy Weight of Marriage
      • Owning Less, But Still Loving Plenty
      • Worry Is Belief
      • First, Take Care of Your Feet
      • The Sukkah and the Unicycle
      • In the Driveway of Childhood
      • The Solace of a Library
      • Much Ado about a Door
      • Of Pomp and Circumstance
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      • A Life in Lists
      • I Love Making Pesach. Really. Yes, Really
      • Hopscotch, Anyone?
      • The Mezinka Dance, Round #1
      • Please Don’t Change
    • 2014
      • On Reading Books and Reading Boys
      • A Very Loud Quiet
      • The Wisdom in Falling Leaves
      • Fear of Flying
      • In Awe of the Moment
      • My Elul Yard Sale
      • The More Roads We Travel
      • No Mistakes, Just Experiments
      • A Backyard Legacy
      • A City Idyll, in the Heart of the Suburbs
      • My Time Is Theirs
      • Getting Hooked
      • Touché
      • My World by a Hair
      • Rolling Back the Angst
      • Keeping My Eyes on the Road
    • 2013
      • Chicken Soup Makes Me Happy
      • The Icing on the Cake
      • A Few Days in Connecticut
      • The Little House that Could
      • As If
      • The Ice Bucket
      • Clearing the Minefields
      • Leaning In or Falling Over?
      • Breaking Bread
      • Learning What Counts
      • The Maternal Barometer
      • Our Cleaning Lady’s Bar Mitzvah Year
      • The Great Pesach Heist
      • We Have Guests
      • Embracing My Tfoo-Tfooing Heritage
      • Leaks, Locks and Other Kaparot
    • 2012
      • The Winning Ticket
      • Keeping an Eye on the Storm
      • Everything Is Shrinking
      • Rounding Up
      • A Driving Lesson
      • Clearing House and Mind
      • If You Give a Girl a Checklist
      • Ice Cream for Dinner
      • A Band of Brothers
      • The End of a Ritual
      • Our Garden
      • The Nutcracker
      • Let the Games Begin
      • Do I Want It or Do I Need It?
      • Please, May I Have a Do-Over?
      • Make Way For Ducklings
      • The Art of Idling
    • 2011
      • Let the Frying Begin
      • Grandma and Grandpa, all dressed up behind a glass plate
      • Color Me Happy
      • What’s On My To-Do List
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Merri Ukraincik

The New York Jewish Week

2019
They’ll Fly Away  August
The Bread of Affection  June
Spring Cleaning’s Lost and Found  May
When the Nest Is Nearly Empty  February
Winter Nights of Awe  January

2018
When a Moment in Time Changes Everything  December
How to Flex Your Heart Muscle  October
Mind the Gap (Year) September
Recipe for a Meaningful Life  July
The Key to Post-Passover Challah  April

2017
Let It Rain December 
The Wondrous Silence of Cheshvan November
Life Amid the Stones September
Finding Comfort in Narrow Spaces  August 
Honored Guests at the Seder Table  March
Our Lives as a Tree February

2010-2016
My Kitchen, My Sons   June 2016
Operating on Faith   January 2016
A Box of Memories  September 2015
Becoming a Man in Zagreb   January 2015
A Banjo’s Soul  December 2014
The Summer of Our Discontent  July 2014
Grinding It Out on Pesach  April 2014
A Willow for All Seasons  January 2014
Leaps of Faith  November 2013
Count Your Blessings  May 2013
A Turning of the Page  January 2013
The Search for an Unleavened Life  March 2012
Among My Mother-in-Law’s Pots and Pans  January 2012
The Pesach Dishes  March 2010

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I’m an essayist, blogger, freelancer,  New Jersey Jewish News columnist, and regular contributor on Hevria. Thanks for visiting my site, where I share my quirky yet kosher thoughts on life and the world, from the sacred to the everyday. Drop me a note at: merriukraincikblog@gmail.com.

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