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From "My Name Is Sara," written by David Himmelstein.
Posted inFilm

A talk with my dad, screenwriter of ‘My Name Is Sara,’ his first Jewish film

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein February 4, 2021
An 1869 portrait of a fairy by Sophie Gengembre Anderson.
Posted inKids & Family

My kids want to know: Are fairies real? Are Jedi? What about bats?

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein January 6, 2021
Annie Lumerman and baby Noah during the workday. Her office doubles as a nursery so she takes breaks to feed and hold him in the rocking chair.
Posted inKids & Family

Pandemic babies make uncertain world a little sweeter

Maya Mirsky
(Aaron Levy-Wolins/J. Staff) by Maya Mirsky January 4, 2021January 4, 2021
an empty park bench on a path near some trees
Posted inParenting

My much-needed, spontaneous pandemic chill-out

by Julie Levine November 18, 2020
Julie Levine's son.
Posted inParenting

It all turned out fine, so it looks like my worrying worked

by Julie Levine October 27, 2020
(Photo/pxfuel.com)
Posted inParenting

Even my 4-year-old knows more than our leaders

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein October 20, 2020
a boy in a talit reads from the Torah while a man in a talit stands next to him
Posted inMixed & Matched

Can we raise our child Jewish without a hard commitment?

Dawn Kepler by Dawn Kepler July 7, 2020
(From left) Drew Himmelstein's husband, Aaron, and their sons, Harvey and Nate. (Photo/Himmelstein)
Posted inParenting

A lovely return home, but in Maine my kids ran free

Drew Himmelstein by Drew Himmelstein June 4, 2020
Julie Levine's son.
Posted inParenting

Lessons learned when I was pregnant and fate dealt me a scary hand

by Julie Levine December 23, 2019
(Photo/JTA-Ariel Skelley-Getty Images)
Posted inParenting

A working parent’s Yom Kippur apology

by Shira Zemel and JTA October 7, 2019October 7, 2019

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