Ilana Grinblat
By Ilana Grinblat
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News Seeing God in Each Other
Recently, my children and I were standing in line to order at a restaurant. A boy was standing behind us with another man by him. The boy noticed my son, who was around the same age, and stood next to him. Then the boy asked me, “Can we sit with you for dinner?” I paused…
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News Sarah, Hagar and the Monsters Under the Bed
Recently, my 5-year-old son, Jeremy, began waking up at night. One evening before bed, I asked him why he had trouble sleeping. He said he was afraid of monsters. To calm him, I explained that there were no monsters, but Jeremy insisted that the monsters were real. Then, I responded with the first idea that…
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News A Mother’s Regrets — and God’s
Becoming a parent has brought great joy to my life. It has also forced me to struggle with the troublesome feeling of regret. When my son was an infant, I was working (more than) full-time as a congregational rabbi and regretted not being able to spend more time with him. Soon after my daughter was…
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News Why We Start With ‘Bereishit’
On a recent morning, we arrived a few minutes early to my 2-year-old daughter’s pre-school, and I explained to her that she couldn’t go into the classroom just yet. “Why, Mommy?” she asked. “Your teachers are cleaning up and getting the class ready for you,” I replied. “Why?” “Because they want the class to be…
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