Tova Bernbaum

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Tova Bernbaum is a freelance writer living in the Crown Heights section of Brooklyn, New York

A Matter of Trust
By Tova Bernbaum
We spend our youth building up cynicism, and then we are suddenly expected to make all those big life changes, like marriage and kids, that require faith in our fellow human beings, not to mention ourselves...
Parshah » Devarim - Deuteronomy » Shoftim » Parshah Columnists » Guest Columnists » A Matter of Trust

Taking Back Tu B'Shevat
By Tova Bernbaum
Actually, we don't have to take it, exactly -- we can share it with the kids
Jewish Holidays » Tu B'Shevat » Nature & Environment » Taking Back Tu B'Shevat

Can You Prove You're Not a Machine?
By Tova Bernbaum
In the old days, we were always asking the opposite question: the biology assignment was to prove that a car is not a living organism. But modern life has turned the question around...
Society & Living » Daily Life » Can You Prove You're Not a Machine?

The Search
By Tova Bernbaum
Monday I edited a chapter on World War II, Tuesday I was given a collection of essays on 9/11, and Wednesday the subject was Vietnam... Then it hit me: the miracle isn't that they found the flask of oil. It's that they even searched for it
Jewish Holidays » Chanukah » Insights & Stories » The Miracle » The Search

The Curse of Eve
A Jewish Perspective on Women in Society
By Tova Bernbaum
Those who refer to the biblical story of Eve as a Divine endorsement of sexism are overlooking a simple truth: a curse is not something that should to be the way it is -- it's something that should not be the way it is...
Women » Spirituality & the Feminine » Celebrating Jewish Womanhood » The Curse of Eve

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