NJP #12
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Editor’s Note: The Three Questions / Yael Resnick
How to draw the line when kids nudge, push, poke, and bump.
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REAL LIFE
Mama’s Becoming Frum / Chana Roseman
“Every Jewish woman is a queen.”
Grandma’s Buttons / Jody Mace
“Kyla takes these threads of a life and tries to weave a grandmother from them.”
The Fuzzy Gray Squirrel / Chava Dumas
“A memory emerged from some forgotten file that made me smile immediately.”
Death and Mourning When Your Child Lives / Elisheva Simon
“I wanted my other baby back, the one I was pregnant with, the healthy one.”
Collectibles / Rosally Saltsman
“The fish immediately sensed my ineptness and began jumping out of the tank.”
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Life is for Love: Ancient Values on the Cutting Edge / Leib Kelemen
“We need to pour on lots of attention and affection, and this takes time—more time than most people who are not yet parents would ever believe.”
Staying in Balance: Using Yoga for Health and Relaxation During Pregnancy / Arlyn Boltax
“Yoga is an excellent way to prepare your body and mind for birth.”
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SPECIAL SECTION: Life, Loss & Love, Part 2
All My Children: Offering Support After a Loss / Rachel Greenberg
From the Depths of My Soul: Discovering Acceptance through the Echoes of Loss / Marilyn Tokayer
On the Path to Healing: A Jewish Perspective on Miscarriage and Stillbirth / Lilly Rublin-Sokoloff
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SPECIAL SECTION: Frum on the Farm
The Sweetness of Torah and Maple Syrup: An Interview with Farmer Shmuel Simenowitz / Yael Resnick
Reaping with Joy: Envisioning an Agricultural ‘Eco-Shtetl’ Community—and Making It Real / Ali Crolius
Our Kids’ California Kibbutz: The Quest for Community and Quality of Life / Benyamin Eshcol
Life with Chickens / Chava Dumas
My Mother’s Pet Mitzvah / Rosally Saltsman
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The Bottle Bank Tank: On Incentives and Counter-Incentives / Rabbi Yosef Resnick
“We can teach our children that just because something tempting is right in front of your nose, doesn’t mean you have to grab it.”
Candy is Dandy: Or, How I Climbed the Big Rock Candy Mountain / Krana Nebenzahl
“No artificial, sugar-laden, fat-soaked concoctions would pass through my kid’s pure, unsullied digestive system. No siree, Bob!”
Creative Coercion: Or, How to Get Your Child to Do What You Want Him to Do / Peshie Needleman
“Over the past five years I’ve come up with quite a few innovative and creative ways to trick, uhm, that is, convince my kids to do my bidding.”
Kosher & Healthy: Fast Food (recipes)
Roundup Focus: Arsenic in Playgrounds
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