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Oct 14, 2023, 11:55 PM

How am I? I am Angry-Sad and Grateful-Proud

How are you? I don’t want to say I’m triggered, unsafe, traumatized, or any of the words used to imply victimization. I’m not a victim. I’m a proud Canadian Jew. So, how are you? I’m not okay. But it’s not just...

May 10, 2018, 6:20 PM

Dear Caregivers

Dear caregivers, I wanted to take a moment to say thank you. I try to thank you as often as I can, but those two words don't reflect everything I am feeling as I have lived these past two...

Mar 24, 2018, 12:03 AM

How is it possible that I hadn’t heard of Doron Almog until Wednesday night? I had heard of the Munich massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the Summer Olympics in 1972. I knew that the Israelis retaliated for that unforgivable...

Mar 12, 2018, 4:09 PM

My daughter moved to (South) Tel Aviv

Last week, my daughter moved again. This time, she moved from Herziliya to Tel Aviv. Have you heard of the neighbourhood called Florentin in Tel Aviv? No? I was in the same boat as you until about three weeks ago. In September,...

Jan 5, 2018, 1:06 AM

How my life has changed since my kid made aliyah

My daughter had a very traditional Toronto upbringing. She was always a great kid -- nice friends, good in school, and a loving and bossy big sister to her two younger brothers. I guess you could say we were...

Nov 26, 2017, 6:32 AM

Who will our children think of?

Live so that when your children think of fairness, caring and integrity, they think of you – H. Jackson Brown Jr. H. Jackson Brown Jr. is a New York Times bestselling author. In the early 1990s, he wrote “Life’s Little Instruction...

Sep 26, 2017, 7:21 AM

What an Irish Catholic Comedian Did for Israel Engagement

The picture of the paratroopers in the Old City at the Kotel in 1967? Captivating. The bar/bat mitzvah trip you took for two weeks? A wonderful memory. Netanyahu’s speeches at the UN? Meh. The international news media and Israel?...

Sep 14, 2017, 11:05 PM

Me, my daughter and Israeli army Heblish

When learning the army's lingo is a labor of love

Jun 4, 2017, 5:56 AM

Parenting: from Tamagotchi to social media

Israeli children in Second grade children use computers in a classroom as part of a study program of the Jerusalem Municipality and the Ministry of Education (Photo credit: Kobi Gideon / Flash90)

Look up from your screens and teach those kids to be critical of information

May 14, 2017, 12:25 AM

Zadie has dementia

My father is a caring, funny, delightful gentleman who enjoys a shot of scotch, loves potatoes of any kind, speaks Yiddish and loves to hear about his grandchildren. My dad also has Dementia. It’s still hard to say it. He is...

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About Me

Brenda holds a PhD from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto, where she is an instructor specializing in literacy education, special education and well-being, and educational psychology. She is an educational consultant who has published many books and articles focusing on understanding and improving teacher and student achievement. You can visit her website at https://brendadzaldoveducationalconsulting.com. Her three children all grew up in Toronto and have taken different paths as they live Jewishly in the world.