Maya Bernstein
My mother-in-law forwarded me an email with this description of a Parent’s Job Description. I haven’t been able to find the author–-though multiple links come up when you Google “Parents… Read more »
A Parent's Job Description
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Friending
Maya Bernstein
A friend of mine was visiting from out of town for a conference recently, and a group of her women friends gathered to see her. We ordered in pizza, and… Read more »
My Cup of Tea
admin
The only thing I consume as often as books is tea. A box of tea, like a good novel, usually lasts me about a week; by that point I am… Read more »
I’ve Been to the Mountaintop
Maya Bernstein
And it was cold. And snowy. A blizzard, actually, and the winds were so strong that despite the gravity and despite the skis and despite the thick wet snow we… Read more »
Fiscal Discipline
Mel Weiss
I am, as my friends, family and girlfriend can tell you, kind of cheap. Not super-cheap, not inhibiting-my-social-interactions cheap, just I-live-in-New-York-go-to-grad-school-and-work-at-a-non-profit cheap. You know what I’m avoiding saying right now,… Read more »
The Milky Way
Maya Bernstein
When my friend’s son was one year old, she and her husband threw a big party in their back-yard to celebrate the baby’s weaning. It was June in Northern California.… Read more »
Tzedek or Bust?
Mel Weiss
I find it almost impossible to discuss the recent stimulus package, passed by Congress last week, in any sense of coherence; I feel so strongly about the outcome I wanted… Read more »
The Nanny Diaries
Maya Bernstein
I was in a meeting with a colleague when my cell phone rang; I didn’t recognize the number, but I picked it up anyway. It was the head of the… Read more »
Leben Oder Theater
Maya Bernstein
After college, I spent a year living in Germany, working with the Jewish immigrants from the Former Soviet Union who were flocking to cities across Germany in such numbers that,… Read more »
Tav HaYosher for Republican Women Senators (Really)
Mel Weiss
There’s so much to say about what’s going on in the world of politics right now—the stimulus package is headed to the Senate, where it may or may not have… Read more »