Winter is ending and spring is beginning; the time for choosing a Jewish day school is near and one of the biggest questions that parents and students face is whether to enroll in a single-sex or a co-ed school. Boys’ schools, girls’ schools, and co-ed schools have...
“Oy gevalt!” I desperately exclaimed, right after checking on my toddler. I had briefly left my daughter in our living room’s playpen listening to the Beauty and the Beast soundtrack playing on the television, so that I could fold laundry. “What is this?” I...
It is the beginning of the Gregorian calendar new year and that means it is time for Jewish parents with babies and toddlers to begin thinking about preschools for the upcoming school year. Yes, you read that correctly — touring, applying, and choosing a Jewish...
“I am so, so sorry,” my baby daughter’s daycare worker panted between two short breaths. “Bracha was learning to walk, but then fell and slightly bruised her head. We are terribly sorry and will not let it happen again,” she promised. I had just arrived to pick up my...