The $1000 Car Repair

The $1000 Car Repair

Last week I bumped into another car and knocked my front headlight a bit out of place. At the garage they told me I was going to have to replace the entire front bumper. Cost: Over $1000! Around that same time I had also been thinking of making a donation to our friend’s organization that […]

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The Angry Taxi Driver

The Angry Taxi Driver

This morning in her Elul writing workshop, Yocheved Rottenberg shared the following story with us: “Yesterday I took a taxi, and at one point the driver got angry with me about something. And then, all of a sudden, he stopped himself and firmly said to himself: “Quiet!” “And then the driver proceeded to recite all […]

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My Daughter, the Soldier–No Longer

My Daughter, the Soldier–No Longer

Next week my 21-year-old daughter, Maayan, will be discharged from the Israeli Air Force upon completing her 2 years of military service. In honor of this momentous milestone, this morning Josh and I and some of our kids attended Maayan’s going-away party at her base along with around 30 of her friends, coworkers and commanders. […]

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Our Shabbat Guest’s Scary Question

Our Shabbat Guest’s Scary Question

This past Friday night we hosted a group of 28 students from a top Canadian university, Jews and non-Jews. It was beautiful, sweeter than honey, as usual. At one point, a non-Jewish student came to talk with me one-on-one in the kitchen. “I wanted to ask you…my friends warned me not to tag my social […]

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Tonight at the Hippy Party

Tonight at the Hippy Party

Today my daughter asked me to join her at a hippy dance/prayer party for Rosh Chodesh Elul: “Slichot and Hallel Combined.” Truth is, I didn’t want to go. We just got back from a 4-day family vacation, and I haven’t exercised since we left, and my kitchen looks like it was hit by a tornado. […]

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30 Years in Israel this Month!

30 Years in Israel this Month!

We are on a family vacation up north this week, and today I visited Muchraka for the first time. This high peak in the Carmel Mountains next to the Druze village Dalit AL Carmel is traditionally identified as the place where Elijah staged his historic contest against the idol-worshipping prophets of the Baal, as the […]

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