Pvt. Jaffe and the Navy SEALs
There were about 200 of us civilians, plus another dozen Navy SEALs, on an otherwise deserted San Diego beach. I didn’t take an official survey, but if my Jewdar was accurate, I was the only M.O.T....
View ArticleDinner for two, still thinking of you
My Empty Nest Preview lasted 18 days, 14 hours and 13 minutes when my son recently flew the coop for Israel as part of a school-sponsored student exchange program. For those keeping score, my nest was...
View ArticleMemories Are Made of These
The first-ever Orzeh Day took place on May 25, but please don’t be offended that you weren’t included. Luncheon invitations were only sent to female descendants of my late grandmother Rose Orzeh...
View ArticleMy 20-Year parenting anniversary
By the time you read this, I will have a 20-year-old daughter. It seems like yesterday she was drinking from baby bottles, watching “Barney & Friends” and reading “Goodnight Moon.” And it seems...
View ArticleThe gift of expressing love in the present
Why do we always begin to think about people when they die? I think we should think about people while they’re still alive! — C. JoyBell C. My mother and I recently took a trip to see Aunt Norma. It...
View ArticleIf it looks like anti-Semitism…
I will get to the swastikas that were painted on my nephew’s fraternity house at UC Davis in a minute. But first, I want to share my own experience at another University of California. UCLA is my alma...
View ArticleTrade your junk for more joy
It is a little book with a strange title printed in lowercase letters: “the life-changing magic of tidying up: the Japanese art of decluttering and organizing.” A sucker for books that promise to...
View ArticleHelping our kids find option B
It was the death heard around the parenting world. Dave Goldberg, better known as the CEO of SurveyMonkey and the husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg, passed away on May 1. I know it was months...
View ArticleCollege application time: The learning curve
The conversation in my head at the start of my senior year of high school probably went something like this: “Hmmmm. Where should I go to college? I’m not a partier, so San Diego State is out. USC? Not...
View ArticleParents of certain age
Unclear what stage of life you’re in? Here is a surefire way to tell: Check the titles of the books and magazines sitting on your nightstand or downloaded onto your Kindle. Over the past 20-something...
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