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Nechama Eisenman

Feb 21, 2025, 5:54 PM

Before the blessing of turning snowy white, my father-in-law was a redhead. His mother was, too. I have the sweetest, gingiest nieces and nephews. And tonight, as I sang "Hamalach" with my kids and patted their soft blonde and brunette heads, I was...

Oct 20, 2023, 5:56 AM

Kill ‘Em With Kindness

Just a sampling of the letters and notes that accompanied every sweet act of kindness <3

We Jews are ‘eye-for-an-eye’ People. “Ayin Tachat Ayin” is an actual commandment that expresses reciprocal justice. (Shemot 21:23–27) Indeed, justice is the lifeblood of our faith. And not only shown by the disproportionate number of Jewish attorneys! God and the Torah are...

Sep 12, 2021, 12:53 PM

O Say, Does That Star-Spangled Banner Yet Wave?

The morning after. This weekend, I enjoyed a beautiful שבת getaway with family, thanks to our dear Grandma on her 88th birthday (Take that, Hitler!). But beneath the laughs, bonding, and delicious food was a 20-year-old memory, scratching at the walls...

Apr 14, 2021, 2:10 PM

We Can Never Forget

As a fifth-grader in America, there was a poster hanging in our classroom. Hundreds of faces - happy, smiling, staring down. “Israeli Victims Of Terror Since September 2000”, the sign proclaimed. There were 300. We didn’t know much, only that innocent people -...

Jan 29, 2020, 1:10 PM

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Thanks for the memories — an ode to my bubby, a”h

The memories of my grandmother capture me at unexpected times -- images so tangible I can almost touch them

Oct 24, 2019, 9:31 PM

And You Shall Rejoice In Your Holiday — ושמחת בחגך

The air is balmy yet cool -- the kind of Sukkot night where you pity your friends and relatives back in the USA, huddled for warmth in their puffer coats. My heart is light as I feel my daughter’s...

Jun 5, 2019, 12:29 AM

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A girl and her duck

She was happy, sweet, gentle, compassionate -- who was this child and what had she done with my 'challenging' daughter?

Mar 10, 2019, 3:37 PM

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Wisdom teeth gone, yet all the wiser

My new 'most physically painful experience' has been not quite redeemed by ice cream, Percoset, and the help of family and friends

Oct 8, 2018, 1:30 PM

No place to hide

“It will never happen to me” “And certainly not here”, We smugly think, as we drive our shiny cars into our close circuited camera lined office complexes Nestled in industrial zones, much like the Barkan Depot. But that couldn’t be farther from the truth Because...

Apr 23, 2018, 2:12 PM

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Birth vacation

No Mai Tais on the beach for me, but I fell in love with my baby, which is exactly what I was supposed to do

About Me

Nechama Eisenman is an 12 year consecutive winner of the "World's Okayest Mom" title, and never met a carbohydrate she didn't like. She rejoices in finding G-d in the mundane, is madly in love with her husband and 3 amazing daughters, and considers infectious baby giggles a drug.