Below are a collection of some of the pieces I’ve written over the years.

Education Pieces

• Back to the Books, a cover story on the emerging trend of Jewish adult education
• Ben Gamla’s Bold Experiment, a cover story on Hebrew Charter Schools
• Big Mensch on Campus: a study that busts the myth of the private school student
• A Class of Their Own, a cover story on a new breed of Jewish day schools
• Breaking the Age Barrier: on the intrinsic pedagogical benefits of the multi-age classroom
• Dethroning Queen Bee: Tackling “Mean Girl” tactics in the summer camp setting
• Gender Wars: new research sheds light on single sex education
• Beyond the Brochure: a how-to article on how to read past the PR-speak and find the right Jewish day school for your child
• What’s Wrong with Hebrew School? a cover story on the Supplementary Hebrew School Movement
• The Happy Camper: a Q and A with child psychologist and author Wendy Mogel about the benefit of sleep-away camp
• Yiddish for the Landsman: A personal take on Michael Wex’s Just Say Nu
• At 88, BBYO Retunes for Today’s Teens: New logo, same values for this organization
• You Have a Blackbery? Kids are wired to distraction. But is that really so revolutionary?

Profiles and Q & A’s

• A Penny for Her Thoughts, a Q and A with finance guru Suze Orman
• Paperback Writer, a Q and A with beststelling mystery writer Faye Kellerman
• On the Front Lines, a Q and A with leading oncologist Dr. Yashar Hirschaut
• Seder in the Sand, a Q and A with a Chaplain in the Marine Corps
• You Say Tomato: a Q and A with relationship therapist Dr. Beth Hedva
• A Rancher’s Life: One-on-one with Blue Star Ranch

Personal Essays

• Lost in Translation: When you’re hit on by an 85-year-old man just because you speak Yiddish
• Teddy the Challah: On Immovable Objects–like, for instance, the holidays
• Neither Rain nor Sleet nor Chicken Pox: On Wintering in Florida and why it was anathema to my grandparents
• Two Step: After attending one cookie-cutter Orthodox wedding after another, a question arises: Are these rituals being performed in meaningful ways?
• New Apartment, New Beginnings: a personal essay on starting anew
• Wallpaper: a personal essay on issues of identity, written under a pseudonym

Food columns

• Borscht Battles
• For Once, the limelight
• Luxurious Leeks for Cozy Nights
• Radish: Flamboyant, Feminine Firebomb
• When a Strawberry is More Than a Strawberry
• Eggs for the Unskilled

Local reporting

• The Collateral Damage: Insurers drop high-risk customers in county
• IB Program Comes to Colfax
• Kim Douglass Receives Scoop Thurman Award
• A Rebranding for Colfax?
• Behind the Scenes at the County Fair
• Bring Spring Indoors
• Mr. Alesci’s Neighborhood
• 20-home division comes to Colfax
• The Cowboy gets his chance
• 34-Home Gated Community Comes to Colfax
• Canyon Theater Project Proposed for Colfax
• Cannabis tax a top priority for Colfax Council
• Finally Final: Colfax Election Results
• Colfax Roundabout Moves Forward
• Colfax City Council Shaken Up; 4 New Members
• Candidates’ Forum Reveals Ground-Up Efforts for Change
• The Typewriter Revolution