NJP #02
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Editor’s Note: This Is the Real World / Yael Resnick
On Having Another Special Baby / Bracha Meshchaninov
“When one’s prayers have been answered, the thought of a mistake does not come into the picture.”
This Isn’t What We Wanted / David E. Kay
“Were we now to come all this way, only to be denied the natural birth experience we had been waiting for?”
Do I Have Enough Milk? / Shoshana Socher
“It is worth remembering that, as Jewish mothers, our greatest role models nursed their children.”
The Sandwich / Marilyn Tokayer
“When our second son was thrust into his new role as middle child, he began to show his darker side.”
On Noodles and Information Overload / Chayyim Pesach Silverman
“It could have been part of that galaxy of holistic health knowledge that was orbiting outside my mind. I just had not taken it in.”
Warm Winter Comfort Foods / Rena S. Schleifer
“We are moving through a season of cold and darkness, preparing ourselves to renew and flourish in the spring.”
Latkes… Potato and Otherwise (recipes)
Breaking the Sound Barrier / Sarina Roffé
“I desperately needed to communicate with my son. But I soon saw the limits of signing and lipreading.”
Pure Olive Oil / Rabbi Boruch Cohen
“The Jewish child is a small lamp in the hands of parents, who are entrusted to fill the lamp with oil and kindle the flame.”
Dreidel, Dreidel, I Made It Out Of… / Sharon Argov (craft)
Also: Letters, Kosher & Healthy, nursing Q&A, poetry, Roundup