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Shavuot: A Time to Check In

Posted on 06/02/2014 by Gila Rose in Holidays

Oh, Shavuot. It is not easy to blog about you, you one-day, calm, unassuming holiday, with your distinct lack of “You must do this”-ness. (No hut to build? No lulavim to inspect? No couch cushions...

Israel: Is It the One Ring?

Posted on 05/22/2014 by Gila Rose in Israel

I was reading this article, one of the many written in the wake of the ADL worldwide anti-Semitism survey. There were many fascinating—and some frightening—findings that came out of the survey. To...

Casual Fridays? Good. Casual Racism? Bad.

Posted on 05/16/2014 by Gila Rose in News & Updates

When I got an email suggesting I write about the whole Donald Sterling controversy, I was a little hesitant. First, I had only vague ideas about the story; basketball and racist Jews generally do not appear on...

Yom Hazikaron: How to Feel It

Posted on 05/04/2014 by Gila Rose in Israel

This year, Yom Hazikaron falls on Monday, May 5. Yom Hazikaron is the day we commemorate the soldiers who gave their lives defending and protecting Israel. It is a somber day, beginning Sunday evening with a...

Kids, Bad Things Happen to Good People

Posted on 04/28/2014 by Gila Rose in Israel

Today is Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Around the world, the day is marked with ceremonies and somberness, memorial sirens and reflection. The kids will talk about it in school. In Israel, shops and...

Pesach: How Do You Survive the Week Before?

Posted on 04/07/2014 by Gila Rose in Holidays

I really do love Pesach. Now, this love did not keep me from lying awake in bed the other night, between the wee hours of 4-6 a.m., fretting about when the car was going to get washed, when I should do the...

Saved By Shabbat? (Or Not)

Posted on 03/24/2014 by Gila Rose in Beliefs and Practices

Well, I’m behind the times, as usual. (I'd make an awful breaking news reporter.) Even though this story might be old news, I’m still feeling the need to virtually pen my thoughts. So here...

Mishloach Manot: For Friends and Not-So-Friends

Posted on 03/05/2014 by Gila Rose in Holidays

Recently, a few friends and I were chatting over coffee and the discussion inevitably turned to the big P word – Purim. What are your kids dressing up as? (My three started out as Toilet –...

In Which I Ruminate on Head Coverings

Posted on 02/18/2014 by Gila Rose in Beliefs and Practices

Well, it’s a boring week, in my head. I came up with and discarded many blog topic ideas. Which means it’s time to root around in my brain, dust off some thoughts that have been rattling around and...

But What About the Boys?

Posted on 02/03/2014 by Gila Rose in Beliefs and Practices

Make way for girls! It’s an exciting time to be a girl in the modern Orthodox world. Because the old ways, they are a-changing. Things that were unheard of even a decade ago are becoming the norm. Like...

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