by Carla Naumburg | Oct 8, 2015 | Kveller.com
The holidays are over. My children are finally back in school (hallelujah). Thus far, I’ve written about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, and Shemini Atzeret for The Jewish Mother Project. Now it’s time to tackle the most important (and frequent) Jewish holiday of them all:...
by Carla Naumburg | Oct 1, 2015 | Kveller.com
I know something about most Jewish holidays. I can tell you that Hanukkah is about miracles, Passover is about slavery and freedom, and Shavuot is about cheesecake. (I have no idea why, but when it comes to matters of cheesecake, it is not mine to question.) The one...
by Carla Naumburg | Sep 24, 2015 | Kveller.com
“Mommy, are you going to fast this year for Yom Kippur?” My 7-year-old asked me this question on the way home from school the other day, just hours after I had decided to tackle the question of fasting for my next Jewish Mother Project. I told her I wasn’t sure and...
by Carla Naumburg | Sep 17, 2015 | Kveller.com
Holy crap, you guys. I cooked with my kids. And it was AWESOME. The kind of awesome that gives you faith in your children and the future of humanity and makes you think for just one tiny second that perhaps you aren’t screwing up this whole parenting thing nearly as...
by Carla Naumburg | Sep 11, 2015 | Scary Mommy
If you read the studies and listen to the experts, family dinner is crucial. Children who gather ‘round the table each night with their parents are smarter, kinder, more capable, better looking and more likely to run a successful hedge fund once they graduate from an...
by Carla Naumburg | Sep 9, 2015 | Kveller.com
I cannot name all of the months in the Jewish year, but I can tell you that we are currently in the month of Elul. I’ve known for awhile now that these last weeks of summer are a time of reflection and teshuvah (a word that is often translated as repentance, but I...
