The kids are all grown up … and now I want Christmas! By Dawn Kepler Feb 10, 2022 Dear Dawn: I am not Jewish; my wife is. When we spoke with the rabbi before our Jewish wedding, we said we would raise our children Jewish. He also asked if we planned to have Christmas, and my wife-to-be said no. I have never said anything to her, but I resent the promise she made… Read More
Parenting Final column: How my kids learned to say ‘thank you’ — and mean it “Say thank you!” This reminder rolls off my lips on an auto-loop as a parent, but never more so than at this time of year. The seasonal kickoff is during… By Drew Himmelstein Dec 8, 2021
Parenting As my kids get vaccinated, they wonder what’s next “Do you remember when we couldn’t go to the playground because we thought Covid could be transmitted through surfaces, so we took you to the park first… By Drew Himmelstein Nov 8, 2021
Mixed & Matched I don’t want my Jewish son to become a Christian Dear Dawn: I grew up in an interfaith home (my dad isn’t Jewish) and I married a man who also isn’t Jewish. I was raised completely nonreligious and we… By Dawn Kepler Oct 20, 2021
Parenting Want rave reviews for dinner? Let your kids choose. “This dinner isn’t good… it’s stupendous!” Harvey, 5, told me at the table this week. “It’s not great… it’s amazing!” Nate, 9, chimed in. What magical… By Drew Himmelstein Oct 11, 2021
Philanthropy Which local Jewish orgs shared the $1.3M Zuckerberg-Chan gift? Mark Zuckerberg “likes” the Bay Area Jewish community. The Facebook CEO, along with his wife, Dr. Priscilla Chan, have turned their philanthropic eye… By Dan Pine Oct 6, 2021
Music Alison Faith Levy's latest is Jewish-inspired retro pop for kids San Francisco musician and Jewish educator Alison Faith Levy has released a new album of “retro-inspired pop songs” for children called “You Are Magic”… By J. Staff Sep 20, 2021
First Person We're spending the High Holidays traveling the world — virtually This article originally appeared on Kveller. One of the distinctively Jewish benefits of the pandemic is that we can attend services virtually anywhere… By Avi Dresner, JTA Sep 14, 2021
Author! Author! New middle-grade title gets a ‘Book Mitzvah’ debut event After attending her best friend’s bat mitzvah, 12-year-old Hannah tells her parents that she wants to have one, too. When they say no — Hannah belongs to… By Andrew Esensten Sep 14, 2021