Yes, I Left My Rabbinical Position Because of My Kids
A few days had passed since I’d left my job at the synagogue, and I was overcome with emotion. I can remember standing in my kitchen and staring, just gazing at my cabinets for what seemed like a very...
View ArticleHow My Daughter Taught Me to Stop Checking My Work Email on Vacation
Recently, I experienced something of a miracle. I managed to go an entire week of vacation without checking my work email. OK, that may not sound that impressive, and yes, of course, I still thought a...
View ArticleRuth Bader Ginsburg Revealed What Being a Mom Made Her Realize
Ruth Bader Ginsburg isn’t called the “Notorious RBG” for no reason. The Supreme Court Justice has made huge strides for women over the course of her career (she’s been a justice for 23 years!). What...
View ArticleWhy I Made a Hebrew ‘Mother at Work’ Sign for My Office Door
I am lucky to have an office with a door and a window with shades so that I can easily pump at my workplace. But when returning to work after having a baby, I wanted to find a way to let my colleagues...
View ArticleThis Jewish Mom Nails How to Balance Work/Parenting So Honestly
Adina Kay-Gross has serious experience balancing work and motherhood. She is one of Kveller’s contributing editors and the Editorial Director at The Covenant Foundation–all the while parenting her twin...
View ArticleBeing Part-Time Everywhere Feels Like Being Successful Nowhere
Excerpted from “Double Bind: Women on Ambition” edited by Robin Romm. Copyright © 2017 by Robin Romm. With permission of the publisher, Liveright Publishing Corporation. All rights reserved. My...
View ArticleWhen The Kids Are Sick and the Parents Work, Nobody Wins
“Remind me again when you have work calls today?” My husband has already answered that question at least twice this morning, but I am too distracted by my own mental Tetris to hear his response. I have...
View ArticleActually, How About We Don’t Take Our Babies to Work?
Like Yahoo’s Marissa Meyer who went back to work with twins in tow, Embark CEO Sarita James, writing in the New York Times, tells her own “take your baby to work” story: instead of a long maternity...
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This Jewish Mom Is a Musician & Cardiologist–Here’s How She Balances It All
Suzie Brown is a musician, a part-time cardiologist, a TEDMED speaker–as well as a Jewish mom to two young daughters. This month, she’s releasing her new album “Sometimes Your Dreams Find You” with her...
View ArticleEvery Mom Has Two Different Sides–“Mommy” and Her Former Self
This Mothers’ Day I want to acknowledge that each of us has at least two parts, and both parts are worth celebrating–the part that’s “Mommy,” and the part that’s not. The day my children were born, my...
View ArticleIf Working Moms Had More Support, Our Entire Economy Would Improve
Being a woman, especially a mom, seems to be under attack these days (hello, preexisting conditions!). But doesn’t it seem like considering C-sections preexisting conditions, and not having federal...
View ArticleTraveling for Work? 9 Tips to Make it Easier for Everyone
I recently went away to a professional conference for a whole 4 nights and 5 days. Imagine that! Almost one week away from my 3 little ones (ages 8, 5, and 2), whom I’ve barely ever had the courage to...
View Article12 Times Supreme Court Justice (and Fitness Guru) RBG Slayed Us
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg didn’t become known as “notorious” for no reason at all–it’s kind of because she’s all not afraid to stand up for her beliefs. She’s also got an amazing...
View ArticleShorter Workweeks & Workdays Would Help Us All Find Balance
“Good luck with your work, Mama,” my toddler daughter says to me as I turn on my computer and sit down in my home office. My heart breaks a little, watching her and my wife head off to go swimming,...
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French Moms Have It Way Better Than U.S. Moms
French moms have the most children in Western Europe–because it’s possible for them to, thanks to government . Quartz released a report showing recent data for the trends for babies born in the EU in...
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This Jewish Mom’s Art Nails The Reality of Motherhood in 2017
Lauren Weinstein is a true gem. She is an artist whose work challenges the status quo–and who portrays motherhood in an honest, real way. Weinstein is also incredibly busy, working hard at her art and...
View ArticleIvanka Trump Can’t Even Stand Up for Equal Pay
It seems like Ivanka Trump isn’t even pushing forward a good agenda on her “signature issue.” Apparently, the Trump administration is planning to end an Obama-era policy aimed at preventing pay...
View ArticleThe Truth About Being the Rabbi’s Wife
When we came to California, I was the new, young rabbi’s really young wife. I had a master’s degree in drama therapy, a BFA in drama, and was set to get my acting career going in Los Angeles. I always...
View ArticleWork Gave Me a Sabbatical and It Was the Best Thing Ever
I’ve always felt time is a precious commodity, but that sentiment has been amplified times a thousand as a working parent with young kids. Between the day-to-day chaos of raising little people and...
View ArticleThe Perfectionist Mom’s Guide To Doing Less
Young kids are never going to look at you and say, “Mommy, you look like you need some time to relax.” If you’re trying to parent by the positively punishing 21st-century standards, you’re probably...
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