The small ways Israel sweetens me
I didn’t know, until I moved to this country, that the cherry tomato was an Israeli invention. It’s not really. That is to say, Israelis didn’t invent the cherry tomato; that’s a myth. But they made it...
View ArticleWhat we talk about when we talk about Peoplehood in the age of the crowd
Once or twice a year I make my way from the fertile countryside to where the action really happens in Israel –Raanana. Just kidding. In fact, I take the bus, two and a half hours without a bathroom...
View ArticleThe zombie in all of us
This is not a metaphor. We literally have a zombie inside all of us. Mine sits quietly in my stomach until three days before my period or three minutes before my blood sugar drops to the point of no...
View ArticleThis C-level prefers jeans
In the past week, I’ve left my safe shlumpy cocoon of Israel’s Galilee countryside to attend two conferences in “the center.” Both required me to think twice about my outfit. One gathering was an...
View ArticleIf I cry in February
It’s that time of year again … February in Israel — And a love poem has been percolating inside of me. Each Saturday in February, I promise to find the words and put them down. But instead I get lost...
View ArticleThe underprotected Israeli kid
A bunch of friends I know in real life and on social media shared with me Hanna Rosin’s article in The Atlantic this week. “The Overprotected Kid” focuses on modern parents’ preoccupation with safety...
View ArticleThe wail
I am alone in my kitchen standing. Outside, a wail. My eyes scan the room plucking images a rectangular magnet stuck on the fridge a torn open, half-empty plastic package of paper towels a never-used...
View ArticleThe story within the story
I’ve been on a Paul Auster kick. In the last month, I’ve read two of his books, Oracle Night and The Book of Illusions. The two techniques that Auster masters that most draw me in to his tales are 1)...
View ArticleDropping ‘nag’ from Mom’s job description
A book with creative solutions that help parents raise respectful, responsible, and resilient children
View ArticleSummer of slow
Home with her son all summer, with and absolutely nothing to do except hope that nothing happens
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