Rebecca Katz
Will my sons be ashamed to be Jewish?
Tag: motherhood
Dying on Your Own Terms
by Sarah Yahm
Sarah Yahm discusses her new novel Unfinished Acts of Wild Creation, and the difficulty in witnessing the decline of her own mother.
What if Your C-Section Inspired Your Child’s Need to Escape?
Rebecca Evans
Raise your hands if you’ve young children who climb out windows, the Rabbi says to us—a small group of single Jewish mothers.
What Makes a Love Story: Jessica Soffer On Her New Novel
Arielle Silver-Willner
A love story contains all kinds of other stories: a grief story, a sadness story, a hope story, a hope deserted story.
Thirteen Ways of Looking at Your Dying Mother.
Penny Jackson
“But there is no other title. My mother is dying. This story is really for me.”
Jessica Keener’s Night Swim, A Decade Later
Yona Zeldis McDonough
A new anniversary edition of Night Swim gives us a chance to reexamine our conversations about antisemitism, reproductive rights, and care work– ten years later.
Do I Have a Right to Sing for Peace?
Rebecca Katz
A mother wrestles with her lullaby during wartime.
Nina Simon on Mystery, Murder, and the Unusual Jewish Mother
Yona Zeldis McDonough
Author Nina Simon reflects on her Jewish mother, environmentalist politics, and life transition in a new murder mystery novel.