What Will My Tombstone Say?
I have been thinking about my tombstone. Every year, during these days surrounding Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur I get a little nervous. The words in the machzor make it clear that between Rosh Hashana...
View ArticleThe Gym
If it is desirable to eat and sleep in a sukkah, should one also use the treadmill in a sukkah? It’s chol hamoed, I’m at the gym and judging by the number of men and women sweating off those extra...
View ArticlePromoting Promiscuity?
The perils of public transport are too much to bear for some of the delicate flowers of northwest London. Golders Green and Hendon have a seedy side and many anxious parents insist on driving their...
View ArticleGod Save the Queen and Hatikvah
It was God Save the Queen that made me giggle. It was Hatikvah that made me glow. But actually, in those few moments between the two national anthems, sung by thousands of Jews at the conclusion of the...
View ArticleThe Tehillim Tipping Point
In the latest attempt to resolve the ‘shidduch crisis,’ women across the religious globe have been scuttling to each other’s homes to huddle and recite Tehillim (Psalms), entreating God’s kindness for...
View ArticleRecession in a failing religious system
In my real life, I am about to lose my job. Furious networking and frantic emailing have left me little time to write anything other than job applications and embellishments on my resumé (all job...
View ArticleBlaming the world's tragedies on women's immodest dress
In Hendonistan, there’s a new message that’s been circulated via email and posted on relevant notice boards inside one particular shul (although by the time you read this, I understand the notice will...
View ArticleSummertime, and the camping is easy–for some
There’s no need to take your tefillin to the atheist summer camp. Just launched in the UK, Camp Quest UK, modelled on its American counterpart, offers a “residential summer camp for the children of...
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Guardians of the Modest Hemline
‘Say Amen, Mummy.’ My youngest daughter is full of enthusiasm for her brachos (blessings). As every modest mother knows, training our children to say blessings before and after food is one of the...
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A Modest Update
Cross-posted with Modesty Blase. Due to modest demands on other aspects of my life, I have not been blogging as regularly as I had hoped. With Mr Blase’s encouragement, that’s about to change and...
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