DIVORCED! The Real Scoop About Family & Friends
Divorced. Twice! How in the world did this happen? I’m a nice Jewish girl from New York. I should have been married once, had a few kids, and way on to grandkids by now. That SO didn’t happen. I married for the first time at the age of 21. Big mistake. But it seemed the […]
Croissant Confessions
I should have known when I opened my eyes in the morning. Just get right back into bed and stay there. I woke up feeling as bad physically as I had had felt yesterday emotionally. Cranky, aching back, shooting pain in my hip, knee issues and tired. Really, really tired. Last night I had tucked […]
Dump the Groom, Claim the Room
My article in Hebrew for the on-line lifestyle magazine: Saloona. כך התגרשתי מבעלי – והרווחתי חדר שינה The original name in Hebrew was supposed to be: Bye Bye Ba’al, Hello Heder! (Bye Bye Husband, Hello Room!) Click on the title and it will take you to the Internet page. Here’s the English translation: I want to […]
Catching Up
So… how does one update her own website when SO much has happened to her in the past 1-1/2 years? I’ll try. Pain Resignation Dissolution of marriage Living alone now Self-supporting again Getting reacquainted with myself Learning life lessons Evaluating existing friendships (sometimes with sadness) Developing new friendships Concentrating on business Looking forward Being positive […]
Writing & Directing a Purim Play
I’ve suddenly become a writer and director. Who knew! AND we made it to the front page of the United States Embassy in Israel website!!! (http://israel.usembassy.gov/) My venture into this previously unknown was with the IWC Players, a group we created from the ladies of the International Women’s Group, in order to perform a play […]
Life on the Other Side: Purim Perplexities
Life on the Other Side: Purim Perplexities By Anne Kleinberg, March 2014 (from Oregon Jewish Life) Its Purim time! That means merriment, costumes, candy, mishloach manot (“shalach munous” as we say in the old country) and happy kids. In my youth, we went to shul, listened to the reading of the Megillah and spun those […]