Since I started writing a column on Substack focused on marriage, children, and family, I have been reading old Musings. I reprint previous pieces, often after expanding and updating them. If I can reach a new audience with a positive message, it is worth the effort. In this way, I came across two pieces dating
Fifteen Years and Counting Read More »
Since the early 1990s, I have allied myself with Christian leaders whom popular culture has targeted. What motivated me was that seldom did American Christians fail to respond to Jewish appeals for support in the war against anti-Semitism. Yet, anti-Christianism, surely an equally threatening peril to the ongoing welfare of the country, wasn’t getting taken
Letter to the Pastors at Cities Church, St. Paul, Minnesota Read More »
Dearest Rabbi and Susan, What does Jewish wisdom say about people who use a gift with the intention of returning it to the store. My spouse has a habit of using something like a board game or a specialty tool like a grinder and returning the item after using it. I feel like it could
Is Returning Items You’ve Used Not Quite Upright? Read More »
Before heading out into a blustery day, I went to find my winter gear in the coat closet. This necessitated walking about ten feet away from where I had been chatting with my husband. A minute later I called, “Hello,” and my husband tentatively responded, “hello.” He was confused because he didn’t realize that I
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One of the best kinds of jobs to have is one in which you can never be proven wrong. Kind of like Anthony Fauci during covid. He claimed (mendaciously) that he was “following the science” so anyone dissenting was obviously nothing more than an illiterate neanderthal. At the other end of the scale, in the
When the Housewife Beat the Professors. Read More »
Israel is a gathering spot for people from many countries, different cultures, and diverse backgrounds. Nearly everyone has a fascinating story. Sarah Sassoon’s family background is one piece of history that should be better known. We met Sarah when her family was neighbors with our daughter’s family and are delighted to introduce her to you.
Nearly a million Jews were expelled from Arab lands, including my family Read More »
to know of his disability. My husband is severely dyslexic but over the decades has developed a wide range of coping strategies which effectively camouflage this condition. This week, he was criticized by his employer for behaviors linked to dyslexia, such as not taking notes during meetings. I would like him to be formally diagnosed,
My Husband Doesn’t Want His Boss Read More »
Hansel and Gretel: good. The wicked witch who entices them into her house: bad. Snow White: good. Her wicked stepmother: bad. For goodness’ sake, in case we have any doubts the witch and stepmother even get labeled as “wicked.” Alas, the real world doesn’t usually divide into black and white. Even when the sides seem
Life Is Not a Fairy Tale Read More »
Hello, I hope all is well with you and your family. I am a young beautiful wife with 3 children. I’ve been with my husband since I was 19 years old, I am 31 today. From the outside, we look like a great and successful family. In many ways we are. I’ve been incredibly blessed.
Apart from those academics with doctorate degrees in gender studies, almost everyone else knows that the most basic binary in the world is between male and female. Never mind, cats, camels, cows, crocodiles, and kangaroos, even oak trees have male flowers and female flowers. What is more, there are significant biological differences between male bears
Ladies and Gentlemen Read More »
