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Becoming A Mom, Returning To Balance
by Ariel Zaslav
I spent my twenties preparing to become a mother. I taught early childhood, nannied, lived with and helped parent the child of a close friend. I grew close to the families
A New Model For A Jewish Learning Community
by Beverly Socher-Lerner
I’m working on an exciting project that will add a new dimension to Jewish life in Center City. We are building a meaningful and vibrant learning community through our daily afterschool, camp, and family learning experiences where we ignite joy for whole family Jewish engagement. Our work is driven by a few principles:
It All Starts With A Table
by Nomi Eve
It all starts with a table. In this case, the table is long and oval shaped. It has two leaves that can lengthen the table, or shorten it depending upon who is in from college, which kid is out celebrating at a Bat Mitzvah, who has a school concert. Sometimes we have ten of us, other times thirty. The table grows or shrinks depending upon circumstance.