What personal belongings do you hold most dear?
Most of my mom’s jewelry even if I can’t wear some of it like her rings because her fingers were smaller.
Some of my books from childhood that I brought over when we came from Ukraine.
My old journals.
My kids’ hospital tags and random clothes
My entire wedding outfit and my bouquet because it sadly rotted.
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I am a mom every single day because of my babies. Yeah, it’s nice there is a randomly picked day in May to celebrate us, probably because it’s pretty? But our work, our babies are a constant job, a constant source of love, joy and frustration.
Just as we love and take care of our babies every day( be it human babies, or fur babies), we deserve to be celebrated each and every day.
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Makes for a busy mom and wife. It’s been a minute….and while I don’t have much down time to post reviews. I do enjoy updating y’all on bits of my life.
I’m now a mom of two!!! Something that will probably take a year or so to fully absorb into my essence.
I have two wonderful boys: my big guy Raphi is almost five and a half, and my little guy, Stellan is 7 months old! I adore them. They make it ok to not have enough time to write 😝
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What is your favorite holiday? Why is it your favorite?
I am a good Jewish girl in the sense that I will love any holiday that involves lots of good food and presents but really, food is sufficient. So if it’s a Jewish holiday or a Christian one, or any other religious tradition, if there’s food, then I’m there. And if there is food and I get leftovers AND presents, I am there with an extra bag 😎
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What topics do you like to discuss?
Books
History
Pop culture
Jot down the first thing that comes to your mind.
God
God I need sleep.
What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness?
My boys
Books
Coffee
Baths
Good tv
72nd National Jewish Book Award Winners | Jewish Book Council
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I think this was probably the best book I’ve read this year, perhaps one of my very favorite Jewish stories of the last few years. . As an Ashkenazi Jew, my knowledge of pre war and Holocaust Sephardi Jewish experience has been sadly lacking and frankly, barely existent, One Hundred Saturdays made a great way in changing that, I don’t think I can find a single thing to complain about, dislike, or otherwise negatively speak about his absolute gem of a book. I desperately want to meet Stella, or at least listen to her speak because Michael Frank was able to make her voice shine through every single word of this book, he was able to paint such a vivid portrait of Jewish life in Rhodes that I physically hurt when the timeline moved the pendulum closer and closer to the war years.
This is a must read for any person who has any humanity and desire to learn about Jews as real, vibrant citizens of the world and to truly understand what we lost in our world with the Holocaust and all the death that it wrought on the world. Read it, read it, read it. Also, Stella is amazing.
attempts to recover my lost multisyllabic gumption
New Jewish Books
Exploring what it means to be Jewish
you never know where your genealogy will take you
Jewish Books Are Awesome 