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Mother’s Day
Rhea Kohan: No one spits in her kids’ Kasha
Danielle Berrin
May 4, 2011
Sunday afternoon at the Kohan home is one of those classic portraits of familial bliss: Children are screaming, singing and scurrying about, clamoring for attention, eager to play, while the adults assembled in the kitchen are trying to have a coherent conversation. Clearly, a tall order.
Mystery Mother of Long Ago
Jewish Journal
May 5, 2010
I wonder who she was. My “Common Female Ancestor,” as she was called in the write-up that came with the results of the DNA test I took. We all have one, this mother from another time, or we would not be here today.
My Mother’s Daughter
Jewish Journal
May 5, 2010
As an adjunct professor teaching four writing classes, I’m flooded with student papers. In one of my classes, an outspoken student looked at a tower of students’ essays on the edge of my desk and said, “I’d rather wash floors than have your job.”
Not Just a Daughter Anymore
Jewish Journal
May 6, 2009
When I was 4 years old, my father died. When I would meet someone new, I needed to get this information out almost as soon as I said my name. “Hi, my name is Rachel,” I’d say. “My father died.”
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