To build a better world, tear the old one down
Rebecca Ross shared a guest post on her blog written by a person whose goes by the pseudonym, Mark. Mark shares his experience of having a good friend gradually cut off contact with him upon becoming...
View ArticleYou can’t put a price tag on a mother’s worth
Table from Insure.com If you are a stay at home mom, how many times have you felt unappreciated? If you had to pay someone to do all of the chores that you do in a given day, how much would it cost?...
View ArticlePut Your Money Where Your Mouth Is
I saw a Facebook post from a friend of mine who is appalled to find out that one of the main sources of business advertisement in Chicago, called Only Ads, has an official policy to only include photos...
View ArticleShidduchim for Dummies: Chapter 1 – Uncovering the Hidden Feminists
[The post below was inspired by a conversation I had this Shabbos about how beis medrash rabbaim are warning young men to avoid dating and marrying women with feminist leanings, and that this issue is...
View ArticleUseful Passover Products
Those of you who haven’t smashed your smart phone for Pesach will definitely need this chometz free cell phone cover (Hat Tip Mark Weiss) For the many Orthodox Republican Donald Trump supporters among...
View ArticleWhat rabbinical yeshivas can learn from a Catholic seminary
The other week I read an article in The Chicago Tribune profiling Dawn Eden Goldstein. Dr. Goldstein is the first woman at the University of St. Mary of the Lake to earn a sacred theology doctorate, a...
View ArticleFriday Night Mannequin
Dress me up, dress me down It’s all the same to me. The rules will change, I can’t keep up; There’s no more me to be. One year the fashion is elegant robes, The next they lack modesty. So dress me up,...
View ArticlePersonal update…how surgery changed my outlook on life
I’ll tell you a secret. I’m getting old. That’s not much of a secret, but at 46 if you say you’re getting old you will be met with a chorus of “No you’re not!” or “Old? Wait until you’re in your 60s...
View ArticleAn unspoken dream is like an unopened letter
Many years ago when I was newly married, I woke up from a nightmare. I don’t get nightmares often, but when I do, they stay with me for a time, haunting my waking thoughts as I search to make sense of...
View ArticleHillary Clinton has gone where no woman has gone before – the cover of Yated!
Yes, that’s really her arm – and her sleeve is threatening to slide above her elbow! Things are getting more complicated by the minute for the Haredi press. It was bad enough that the Treasury...
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