I never thought of myself as a callous person, and yet, I can’t deny that there were times when I was just too “busy” to stop and treat certain situations with the importance they deserved. Like on the morning of September 11, 2001, when my mom (who has a tendency to over-worry) called to report […]
Dear Jew in the City, My cousin recently got married to an non-Jew. How can I support her even though I know she made a wrong choice?!!! Thanks, A Concerned Cousin Dear A Concerned Cousin, Thanks for your question and your concern, but we need to parse your words a bit, not because I believe your […]
Jew in the City gets ambushed by Freeda Wigs! It’s the world’s first sheitel makeover! (Video is meant for women.)
Over the course of Jewish history, groups of Jews have occasionally splintered off from mainstream Torah Judaism, in terms of theology and observance. For example, in the Second Temple period, there were the Sadducees and the Essenes. In the early middle ages there were the Karaites. And in modern times, Jews have broken off to form non-Orthodox […]
Dear Jew in the City, Is it bad if i take my Jewish kids to see Santa? They keep asking me. Thanks, Michelle from Bethesda, MD Dear Michelle, Great and very timely question! How much exposure to non-Jewish holidays should we give our Jewish children? My kids have some curiosity about non-Jewish holidays since we […]
Yesterday morning, when the baby started crying, my 8 year old daughter ran out of bed to get him so that my husband and I could sleep a little longer. After nearly a decade of constant exhaustion spread over the rearing of four children, getting those extra 15 minutes of rest was divine. It wasn’t […]
