Michelle Brafman
On day nine of Governor Hogan’s quarantine, I embarked upon a journey to find yeast. My daughter, uprooted from her college life, had decided that she wanted to make challah… Read more »
Desperately Seeking Yeast
Author: Michelle Brafman
A Prayer for the Nameless
Michelle Brafman
On the eve of this Yom Kippur, I offer this prayer for anyone who has ever lost a pregnancy.
Forgiveness Means Taking a Wrecking Ball to the Hard Crusts We Build Around Our Hearts
Michelle Brafman
Mid-book tour, writer Michelle Brafman reflects.
Money Matters!
Michelle Brafman
We asked each woman to say one word they associate with money. Some of the angst-ridden responses: stressful, overwhelming, necessary, disorganized, illiterate, relevant, complex, and socially constricted.
A Hand Through the Mechitza
Michelle Brafman
I grew up in a synagogue with a mechitza, and I never thought much about this gender segregation until my first semester in college.
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Hair
Michelle Brafman
“You’re going to talk about hair? For two hours?” my mother said after I told her I’d been invited to co-facilitate a Lilith Salon.
Dr. Norman Vincent Peale and Me
Michelle Brafman
I was walking out of Barnes & Noble on a warm May afternoon when I spotted him, Dr. Norman Vincent Peale, or, shall I say, his four-disc audio book.