The first time I davened at the Kotel, I was 16 and with a group of girls from my teen tour. Our leaders brought us to the last vestige of the Temple, the remaining western wall. The boys and men funneled down the path to the men’s side to do their thing and we were […]
I always imagined that I would get to say goodbye in print. At least that’s how I pictured it if I bothered to think that I might one day no longer be editing the local Jewish newspaper in Rockland County. There were times I thought I could go on doing that job forever. Certainly for […]
I was already in a bad mood when I arrived at Costco before Shabbat. The store hadn’t let my son make my purchases, since he wasn’t on my account. I had to wait for him to return home with my card, and then go back to the store myself. Since it was Friday afternoon, the […]
