Who are your favorite people to be around? My boys especially my little one because he loves to hug and cuddle. And I’m a sucker for kiddo cuddles ..read more

What is the greatest gift someone could give you? Right now it’s the gift of time free of any chores and responsibilities. I am a mom of two with a full time job load so my free/me time is incredibly limited ..read more

Here is the list of the 54 books that I posted on JewishBookWorld.org in October 2023. The image contains some of the covers. The bold links take you… The 54 books posted on JewishBookWorld.org in October 2023 ..read more

Who is your favorite historical figure? My favorite figure, more so because I’m super curious about the entirety of her background and story is Roxelana. She was the first official wife, meaning one married in an official marriage to an Ottoman sultan, something highly unusual in the culture of harems and and multiple concubines. While her actual background is not confirmed, I like to agree with the historians who believe she came from what is now Ukraine. Learn more about her here ..read more

Do you remember your favorite book from childhood? Heck yes I do. “Doroga uhodit v dal”, aka “The road goes into the distance” by Alexandra Brushtein was the quintessential coming of age story of a Jewish girl at the turn of the 20th century in Czarist Russia. It was a memoir of the author’s growing up and experiencing antisemitism, growth of communism and social class frictions that increasingly led to violence in pre revolution Russia. This book was a childhood favorite of my mom’s which is how a copy ended up in our home library. . I loved this book so much that when it was accidentally ..read more

What fears have you overcome and how? This is kind of an odd prompt. I don’t know if I’ve overcome any fears at all, if anything, it’s more that I’ve come to either accept them somehow or find ways around or through them ..read more

What personal belongings do you hold most dear? Most of my mom’s jewelry even if I can’t wear some of it like her rings because her fingers were smaller. Some of my books from childhood that I brought over when we came from Ukraine. My old journals. My kids’ hospital tags and random clothes My entire wedding outfit and my bouquet because it sadly rotted ..read more

I am a mom every single day because of my babies. Yeah, it’s nice there is a randomly picked day in May to celebrate us, probably because it’s pretty? But our work, our babies are a constant job, a constant source of love, joy and frustration. Just as we love and take care of our babies every day( be it human babies, or fur babies), we deserve to be celebrated each and every day ..read more

Makes for a busy mom and wife. It’s been a minute….and while I don’t have much down time to post reviews. I do enjoy updating y’all on bits of my life. I’m now a mom of two!!! Something that will probably take a year or so to fully absorb into my essence. I have two wonderful boys: my big guy Raphi is almost five and a half, and my little guy, Stellan is 7 months old! I adore them. They make it ok to not have enough time to write ..read more