Medium Writing of the Week: LGBTQ, Judaism, Friendship, Puppy Love, Parenting

Toy Rainbow and unicorn on a table.

Photo by sydney Rae on Unsplash

I've got four new pieces on Medium this week!

A Medium Writer Sent My Family a Box Full of Rainbows and Unicorns

She’s got the right idea: turning success into generosity

Published in Warm Hearts on Medium

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The Supreme Court’s Sex Discrimination Case Affects Us All

LGBTQ rights are at risk, and so are the rights of everyone to be who

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My Daughter Has Her First Crush, and I Know Who It Is

Does this mean attachment parenting works?

Published in P. S. I Love You on Medium
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Can My Jewish Culture Survive My Intermarriage?

My 5-year-old looks white and doesn’t know what a rabbi is

Medium Writing of the Week: Rosh Hashanah, Poetry, Feminist Bravery, Treat People How They Want to Be Treated

Photo by Christal Yuen on Unsplash

I've got four new pieces in Medium this week!

What Does it Mean to Be ‘Normal’?

For Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year, let’s vow to celebrate our differences.

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Adopt the Platinum Rule to Revitalize Your Relationships

Forget the Golden Rule, and treat others the way they want to be treated.

Published in P. S. I Love You on Medium
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You Can’t Be Brave Without Being Scared First

When you write vulnerable stories, sometimes it’s hard to ignore the trolls.

Published in Fearless She Wrote on Medium
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In My Bath, No One Can Touch Me, Except Me

I am a crocodile, lurking in my clawfoot swamp.

This poem was published in An Injustice! on Medium
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Debut essay for The Jewish Forward -- Can My Jewish Culture Survive My Intermarriage?

Can My Jewish Culture Survive My Intermarriage?

Here's my debut essay for The Forward--aka The Jewish Forward--which is published in both English and Yiddish (I wonder if my essay will be translated to Yiddish!)

Update: And here's a longer version of that same essay, republished on Medium!

My daughter’s first Hanukkah. Photo by my husband Charles Reeder.

Right Now, The United States is Running Concentration Camps - Jewish Perspective

Right Now, The United States is Running Concentration Camps

As a Jew, I can tell you Never Again is not just about us.

I just published this on Medium. I kept reading stories about conditions in these US concentration camps, and I needed to raise my voice. Brainstorming what else I can do. I don't want to be a bystander.

Prison Bars with Human Shadow Photo by Ye Jinghan on Unsplash

My Passover Dinner, With the Help of the Velveteen Rabbi

Seders to celebrate liberation for all

Published in the new publication One Table, One World on Medium.

Wouldn’t mind this as my seder plate. Photo by Brooke Lark on Unsplash

 

Writing is Healing for Children Too

Writing is Healing for Children Too
Your kid knows everything is not okay.
Published in Writing Heals on Medium
"She chose to wear a wig, because she lost her hair from chemo. Ellen, like her mother, had the Jewish breast cancer gene. Like her mother, she died young, leaving behind two children.

This was before gene tests, but the pattern was clear, and my own mother could only assume she was next."

My 1st grade journal, the day after my aunt died. (Author’s personal photo)

 

How I Can Be Both a Jew and an Atheist

How I can Be Both a Jew and an Atheist
just published on Medium

Hey, I can appreciate beautiful art. Photo by Hassan Saleh on Unsplash

Update: The Dog Food/Jewish Aisle...

I just published Update: The Dog Food/Jewish Aisle... A Month and a Half Later on Medium.
It's an update to the story in my popular piece, The Dog Food/Jewish Aisle of My Local Grocery.

Pug in fluff. Photo by Matthew Henry on Unsplash

Growing Up Jewish in America

I just published Growing Up Jewish in America on Medium.
This is an epic one. I wrote it right after the Tree of Life shooting, then held on to it since then, feeling emotional enough about it that I didn't want to just hit publish. I took another look at it this week, saw that top Hanukkah pic, and thought, "I've gotta get this out there now."

My newest piece for The Writing Cooperative (on Medium) is called Is My Pain Funny to You? (Maybe That's Okay.)
Just a quick piece celebrating some of my favorite Jewish radicals and reminding myself that it's okay to laugh even though life is sort of horrible.

The Dog Food/Jewish Aisle of My Local Grocery

(Anti-semitic micro-aggressions and how it feels to say something)

Just published, for this Hanukkah holiday, on Medium.

Photo by Shopify Partners from Burst