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TheJewishWoman.org Update: August 23, 2009

 Life Lessons
The Two Sides of My Anger

And that is when I lost it. I felt my anger contracting my soul in order to make more room in my body to hold it...
 Joys and Challenges
The Juggler — Appreciating the Challenges of Motherhood

the broken vase on the floor is just that, a broken vase—and the spilled milk is easily cleaned up. Women who watch me ask me how I have such patience. The patience comes with perspective...
 Dealing with Challenge
From Illness to Faith — Living with My Son's Crohn's Disease

At the outset, he had an extremely positive outlook and oftentimes said, "However uncomfortable I am right now, it could always be much worse." These self-soothing words were a source of comfort, motivation and positive perspective, all of which served as a real anchor...
 The Month of Elul
The Jewish Heart — The Secret of Elul

Only when we turn around do we realize the truth, the inner essence, and then we are “face to face” which does not only mean that we can finally look at each other, but more so, that we can look in each other...
What is Spirituality? — The Month of Elul

I am all too familiar with the fragility of birch trees. Our counselors taught us that if we peeled back the thin white paper-like bark of the birch, we would end its life. The power was in our hands...
 Stories of Return
My Very Special Shabbat Queen

Week after week, year after year, decade after decade, I watched this enchanting ceremony, never allowing myself to imagine my mother not being there to kindle the lights. How quickly the years passed. What I thought would never end was ending...
 Celebrating Jewish Womanhood
Why Is Jewishness Passed Down Through the Mother?

Why is Judaism passed down through the mother? I understand in olden times it was easy to know who your mother was and there was no way of proving fatherhood. But these days we have DNA testing, so why can't someone be Jewish even if only their father is Jewish?

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Dear Rachel
My son recently remarried and his new wife has three children from her previous marriage. Her three children are close in age with my son's three children. In addition to us being a bit overwhelmed and trying to adapt to this new Brady Bunch situation, I am not sure how to really integrate my new grandchildren into our lives...
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