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Erica Schacter Schwartz

Feb 11, 2024, 11:42 PM

On October 6th 2023, Hoshana Rabba, I sat inside Shirat David, a synagogue in Efrat featuring one of Israel’s renowned chazanim, Shlomo Katz. During a Hallel that lasted nearly two hours, I watched a packed house of Israelis—albeit with...

Jun 27, 2023, 6:20 PM

Rediscovering A Timeless Bat Mitzvah Gift

On the school calendar, June is an emotional time of endings and beginnings. In my own family, within the span of a few weeks, my oldest returned from college, my second returned from a gap year in Israel, my...

Mar 13, 2023, 3:27 PM

The Best of Times or the Worst of Times?

I used to think I was living at the greatest time in history. As an American adolescent in the 80s, I watched the Cold War end, the fall of the Berlin Wall, America’s rise as the foremost beacon of...

About Me

Erica Schwartz is a freelance writer whose articles have appeared in the Wall Street Journal, the Jewish Week and The Forward. She is currently working on her first novel. She lives in Manhattan with her husband and six children.