It’s been a few weeks since I’ve written my column (apologies for the reprints), but I was busy planning an aufruf, catering the Friday night dinner, working on the seating for the … more

Judy’s off one more week (mazel tov on her son’s wedding!), so we’re running a version of a favorite pre-Shavuot column. Seems like yesterday that I wrote about the chocolate … more

Shavuot? Already? How is that possible? Didn’t we just put away the last of our Pesach dishes or, alternatively, unpacked … more

While on line in the supermarket this week, there was an adorable little girl and her mom. The mom was testing her daughter on the spelling for that week’s test.  The memories started … more

Having been writing this column weekly since December 2011, I had gone through all of the humorous escapades of my husband Jerry. And then it happened … and this is how it unfolded. On the … more

As I finished my last article, I was about to board a plane to Israel for a quick trip and return home two days before Pesach, a whirlwind five days in Israel with my husband Jerry’s son and … more

Judy was in Isarel for a simcha this week, returning just in time for the climax of Pesach preparation. As a result, she’s taking a break from column-writing, and we bring you instead a replay … more

T he good news is I’m going to Israel nine days before Pesach; the bad news is I’m coming home two days before Pesach.  My husband and I are going to visit his daughter, husband … more

My baby is moving to the city. In my day we lived home until we got married. My friends all attended colleges in Brooklyn or Manhattan, most in Brooklyn. Those who attended the Manhattan … more

Charles Dickens wrote, “It was the spring of Hope, the winter of despair.” I, myself, was hoping to have a spring of Hope, after a winter of despair — with my sports teams, that is. … more