Essays and Fiction
Essays
The Bitter Southerner
“The Lunch Menu for Today,” 8/4/16
Forth Magazine
“The Day I Stopped Watching ‘General Hospital,’” 3/26/19
Grown and Flown
“I Found an Unexpected Community While Wearing a College Hat,” 1/7/19
Kveller
"Mindy Kaling's Netflix Hit Does a Disservice to Its Jewish Characters," 7/27/21
“Why It Really Bugs Me When You Misspell My Name,” 2/7/18
“Parenthood and the Mythical Land Where Time Moves at Warp Speed,” 8/2/17
“Why I Forced My Kids to Watch ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’” 2/21/17
“The Parenting Epiphany I Realized After Training Our Dog,” 8/23/16
“I Couldn’t Find the Right Haggadah for Seder, so I Made My Own,” 4/18/16
Lilith.org
“Hearing the Shofar as a Baby’s Cry,” 9/20/17
Little Old Lady Comedy
Dog Training for Rabbis, 11/18/21
The Manifest-Station
Mamalode
"No More Tears Means They're Growing Up," 12/9/16
Medium
"How Long to Keep the Christmas Tree: Advice from the Rabbi," 12/6/21
“In Search of Captain Kirk,” 3/23/20
Moment Magazine.org
“Beshert- Shareyna and Kim,” 7/9/20
The New York Times
Tiny Love Stories, "It's Complicated," 7/19/21
Next Avenue.org
"Personal Shopping for My Mother," 5/11/23
Read650/Writers Read.org
"Ghosts at the Costco," 10/17/21
ReformJudaism.org
"How NASA Engineers Helped Me Become A Better Jewish Parent," 12/16/22
"Bar and Bat Mitzvah Tutoring: Pandemic Style," 3/10/22
"A Bittersweet Reunion with the Shtisel Family," 4/13/21
“Battling Perfection at the Start of the Jewish Year,” 10/15/19
“Why Shtisel Should be Your Next Binge-Watch,” 3/4/19
“Rosh HaShanah: A Day to Make the Invisible Visible,” 9/5/18
“The Day I Discovered I’m Not Italian: Lessons from My DNA Test,” 4/18/18
“How to Understand the Timelessness of Jewish Time,” 3/15/18
“How to Bring Balance and Order to Purim’s Chaos,” 2/22/18
“What Tu BiSh’vat and Sam the Pickle Man Have in Common,” 1/29/18
“Want to be Happy? Take a Lesson from Jewish Tradition,” 10/20/17
“Passing the Torah in the Search for Meaning,” 12/8/16
The Times of Israel Blog
"Vanishing Clouds and Fleeting Dreams," 10/10/22
The University of Michigan Alumnus Magazine
“The Accidental Wolverine,” Spring 2019
The World Union for Progressive Judaism
"End of Life Poetry and Blessings from the Deep in Genesis' Final Portion- Parashat Vayechi" January 1, 2023
"Grasshoppers and Giants: Shlach Leech's Message of Courage and Self Respect," June 19, 2022
"Scurvy, the Boughs of Leafy Trees, and Healing: Parashat Emor," April 25, 2021
Short Stories
JewishFiction.Net
“A Crocodile in the Kinneret,” February 2021
Literary Mama
"The Extra Life of Nancy Fagelbaum," 9/20/23
“Ghosts at the Costco,” 5/18/16
Spider Magazine
“Sapphire’s Fish,” July 2006
Podcasts
Voices of Victors Podcast, Michigan Alumnus Magazine
"The Accidental Wolverine," January 6, 2021
Read650 Presents, "Haunted: True Stories of Superstitions, Premonitions, and Apparitions
"Ghosts at the Costco," October 10, 2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VL0O2607SlY
@Read650, Birthdays
"Bittersweet Sixteen," February 23, 2022
https://www.read650.org/blog-4/birthdays-1
*Additional essays and fiction pieces may be found in Betterafter50.com, Coffee+Crumbs, Funny Pearls UK, JewishJournal.com, Moms&Stories, Parent.co/Motherly, The Times of Israel Blogs, and The Write Launch.