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Mrs. Bronya Shaffer is a noted globetrotting lecturer on Jewish women's issues, and serves as a personal counselor and mentor for women, couples and adolescents. Mrs. Shaffer, a responder for Chabad.org’s Ask the Rabbi service, lives with her ten children in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. |
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Conversations on a Park Bench
The Jew Who Wanted his Child to be Jewish
By Bronya Shaffer
They have a son, they told us, and he's going out with non-Jewish girls. They're terrified he'll marry out. Have we any solutions? Yup, just like that, standing in front of the Bonsai exhibit, in fifty words or less they sought the solution to keeping ...
Society & Living » Voices » On Being Jewish » Conversations on a Park Bench
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Coping With Miscarriage
By Bronya Shaffer
Question: I had a miscarriage a few days ago. I am still in shock, I never expected it to happen.... Response: I'm so sorry to hear of the loss of your unborn child. There is little in life that is as painful. I wish I had an answer for you. The fact is, ...
Ask the Rabbi » Latest Questions » Advice » Coping With Miscarriage
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Life's Little Reversals
By Bronya Shaffer
It's clear that this is the swearing-in ceremony concluding basic training for these boys. I was across the ocean when my own son received his beret and Bible; I can't bring myself to leave now.
Society & Living » Voices » Personal Journeys » Life's Little Reversals
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Haunted by Her Past
By Bronya Shaffer
She speaks strong words, "control," "power," and yet when she speaks of her husband there's no sense of a man who is controlling or unrelenting. Something is there that frightens her, but it's not, I feel, this man.
Blogs » Save this Marriage » Haunted by Her Past
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Wants to Be Religious and Wife Doesn't
By Bronya Shaffer
I have become more ritually observant and my wife is not. I understand that this is not what she "signed up for." My question is how to get past my daily frustration especially when it comes to our being role models for our three daughters.
Blogs » Save this Marriage » Wants to Be Religious and Wife Doesn't
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A Wave of Light
A Lightful Meeting with an Injured Israeli Soldier
By Bronya Shaffer
"I had a bad feeling," he tells me, "I saw in their eyes the sudden realization: this is real. This is thighs shattered, limbs detached...this is war."
Society & Living » Current Events » News Archives » War in Gaza » First Person » A Wave of Light
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For Her Child's Future
By Bronya Shaffer
Precious as Jewish education is, they'd just enrolled their children in the local public school. The cost was just too great, and in the economic crunch, sacrifices had to be made.
Society & Living » Voices » On Being Jewish » For Her Child's Future
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Thank You, My Soldier!
By Bronya Shaffer
Here I was, rows and rows of soldiers before me, and I found myself in front of one, looking into his eyes, the words from my heart. "Thank you." "For what?" he asks. I hesitate for a moment... "For the uniform you wear, thank you."
Society & Living » Voices » Endurance » Thank You, My Soldier!
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I Want Him to Be More than He Is
By Bronya Shaffer
I know I have to be happy with my husband as he is, but I always feel that I want him to learn more, be more religious, grow in his spirituality, etc. How can I change my attitude?
Blogs » Save this Marriage » I Want Him to Be More than He Is
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Moving into New Husband's Old Home with his Children
By Bronya Shaffer
Shaya and I feel we're really suited for each other, but his children are very unhappy about his getting married. His teenage daughter is especially angry. She won't even talk to me, and told her father that if I move into the house, she's moving out.
Blogs » Save this Marriage » Moving into New Husband's Old Home with his Children
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