Amanda B. Dan, at The Blogs

May 8, 2020, 7:09 PM

I can't celebrate with my mother (she's not alive) and my children won't celebrate me (it's not their holiday), so I'm going to treat myself to a day off - and focus on being a mom

Apr 2, 2020, 10:15 PM

Why a massive 10 kilo bundle of garlic was egg-zackly what I needed

10-kilo bushel of garlic (Amanda Borschel-Dan)

I snapped on my disposable gloves as I walked into my little local grocery store and asked the cashier at the door if there were any eggs. I laughed, to show her I was joking. She’d just sent out...

Mar 19, 2020, 2:53 PM

This mother of six needs a little social (media) distancing

Being a mother of six is, at the best of times, similar to the job of airport traffic control. But between my very full-time work, the kids' school, sports, scouts, their doctors and dentists appointments — and my twice-weekly...

Nov 27, 2019, 9:00 PM

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This World AIDS Day, I’ll be thinking about my gay son’s future

Illustrative: Former Israeli MK Adi Kol does an HIV test in the Israeli parliament, as part of a blood drive to identify those who had contracted HIV/AIDS, performed by the Israel Aids Task Force on November 25, 2013. (Flash90/File)

Sometimes, the Jewish community shies away from talking about tough topics like AIDS, but we must, for we can save whole worlds

Sep 5, 2019, 7:39 PM

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20 years after moving to Israel, I would have no other home

Standing on Mt. Herzl I asked myself, would I be willing to sacrifice my life, my future husband, or any children we may have?

Apr 12, 2019, 3:42 PM

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My baggage: Why I told my teenaged son not to take his purse today

A deep-red purse and my son's award for best Purim costume. (Amanda Borschel-Dan)

He rocks a pair of stilettos like no one's business. He's loud and proud – and we're proud of him too, but, but, but...

Apr 1, 2019, 1:17 PM

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In the whiteboard of memory, redrawing Mom five years after her death

Mom in her very early 50s in a trip to my Bloomington, Indiana, apartment. (courtesy)

Increasingly, in stolen seconds of my day, my brain offers glimpses of my 'eternal mom,' the version of Mom that stays with me most

Oct 11, 2018, 1:19 AM

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Lara Alqasem: A pawn in the PR battle for and against BDS

Imagine a scenario in which a likable student is deployed as a deep-cover activist, and Israel takes the bait

Sep 26, 2018, 8:00 PM

To my boychik on his bar mitzvah, why I am scared for your future

Soon after the twins' birth, I caught hubby squinting at Yaron, looking puzzled. “Something is missing,” he muttered, and squinted again. “What?!” I asked, a lioness hopped up on hormones, ready to defend any alleged defect on my perfect new...

Jun 26, 2018, 12:01 AM

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How a rebbetzin made this secular Israeli bride blush

Or how an Orthodox rebbetzin made this secular Israeli bride blush

About Me

Amanda Borschel-Dan lives in Israel, where she and her husband are raising their six always hungry children. She is The Times of Israel's Jewish World editor.