Tag Archives : Jewish

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Finding the perfect dress

This entry was posted in Essays and tagged bat mitzvah culture dress Jewish ritual on January 29, 2009 by Marla Cohen.

I am starting to think about The Dress. Not just any dress, but the dress that my daughter will wear to shul when she becomes a bat mitzvah. The dress, of course, must be perfect, pretty and in Lily’s case, not pink. It also must be different, dazzling and make her feel divine. That’s a […]

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Finding the way through time, mourning and ritual

This entry was posted in Essays The Rockland Jewish Reporter and tagged death Jewish loss mourning observance ritual shiva on March 8, 2008 by Marla Cohen.

In the first weeks of saying kaddish for my father, the sun still hung below the horizon when I’d wake to go to minyan. I’m just now out of sheloshim, the first thirty days of mourning proscribed by Jewish law, and now, instead, the morning sky is the cold milky white of late winter. Watching […]

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