Give Yourself Grace
“Mazel tov!” and a quick hug was the first thing said to me when I, at ten years old, [...]
Iron Swords Bride
Iron Swords wedding story, from the perspective of the bride.
What is Unique About a Geirut Immersion?
It felt as though I was witnessing a birth. That’s all I could think to say the first time [...]
A Meaningful Final Trip to the Mikveh
As I recover from my recent hysterectomy, I’m reflecting on how much meaning I found in my last trip [...]
Stories That You Don’t Tell at Shiva: The Time My Father Drove Me to the Mikveh
My father, Gene Moshe Schramm, died on June 28, 2023 (9 Tammuz) at the age of 93. He lived [...]
The Importance of Inclusive Communication in Our Relationships and Around Our Seder Tables
Six and a half years ago, my husband suffered a massive left-sided ischemic stroke. The stroke robbed him [...]
A Letter to My Baby
(Content warning: pregnancy loss) Dear baby, You’re seven centimetres, going on eight. You're active, moving around so much, [...]
How to Better Support Couples Facing Infertility During Pesach
Pesach: a crazy time of running around cleaning every room. Did I get all the chametz? What should I [...]
Iron Swords: The Emotional Roller Coaster
110 days of reserve duty. I do not know exactly how many of those days he was actually not [...]
From the British Mother of a Hatan Who Was Married in Israel Last Week
To our dear friends in our wonderful community, I write to you from Eretz Yisrael to thank you for [...]
It’s Never Too Late to Mikveh
For my entire life the mikveh has been this thing, this event, that has loomed over my head. I first [...]
Dear Bride
Hello my dear bride, I just want to wish you a big big mazal tov! This is such an [...]
Mikveh Stories
When you live in a place where there is a mikveh, then toivelling is something you do at that mikveh. [...]
How I Spent My Wedding Night: An Experience with Chuppat Niddah
Now that I’m officially a kallah teacher in Israel, well-trained by the Eden Center, I thought it would be good [...]
A Mikveh Polar Plunge
Almost a year after I got married, I had plans to be at my in-laws for Thanksgiving. Being at their [...]
A Mikveh Adventure
We went to Puerto Rico for vacation. Got badly sunburned. I mean, really badly. Like sun poisoning. Both me [...]
Coming Home to Depression
My husband is a warm, funny, generous person. Together we discovered the most wonderful facets of couplehood, of moving [...]
Wanting and Not Touching
When I first saw the young man at an NCSY Shabbaton, my first thought was that “he’s so cute.” [...]