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Nov 20, 2023, 3:19 PM
Jewish Women Are Lionesses, Not Material for Mockery and Easy Jokes
Jewish mothers are rising and we are lionesses! We’re done being mocked for loving our families too fiercely. There can be no “too” much love, as there can never be enough kugel or rugelach (two tasty signs of that love). Jewish...
Oct 23, 2023, 6:51 PM
October 7 Broke My Heart
Tel Aviv, this time last year
Last week was my younger daughter’s birthday. She turned 28. She and her boyfriend went to a restaurant near their home for dinner, then to a bakery for birthday cake to complete their celebratory evening. Last weekend they went...
Sep 5, 2023, 8:01 PM
Rosh Hashanah Gifts for My Daughters: A Delicate Balance
Rosh Hashanah, Hanukkah, Passover. The three times in a year that I send reminders to my adult daughters that they’re Jewish. OK, they know they’re Jewish, after all they were both born in Israel, and Hebrew, though forgotten, was their...
Jul 23, 2023, 5:39 PM
My Failed Aliyah: Back in the States, But Where Is My Heart?
The other day I was explaining to my 27-year-old daughter why I made aliyah when I was 21. She looked at me and asked, “What’s aliyah?” Which is when I realized that my aliyah was a failure, and not...
Dec 23, 2022, 11:03 PM
The Retirement to Florida Cycle
After my parents retired in their 60s, they became snowbirds. Right after the fall Jewish holidays, they drove down to Florida; then right before Passover, they drove back to New York. They had the best of both worlds: holidays...
Dec 14, 2022, 9:49 PM
Learning Not to Be Judgmental to Save the World
Apparently, I can be judgmental. Since I was told this by my adult daughters, I need to decide what to do about it. If anyone else were to tell me this, I would wonder why they were saying it...
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About Me
Laura Goodman grew up in Queens. After college, she went to Israel for six months—which became 18 years. When she and her family relocated to Virginia, she got an MS in Conflict Studies, which she used as an English teacher and a mother. After recently retiring as a high school English teacher, she moved to Florida. As a volunteer, she translates Holocaust survivor testimonies from Hebrew to English, and writes for Israeli non-profits. Laura writes about being Jewish, Israel, and the work of being retired.