Childhood Memories

0 Culture Education

What I Want You to Know about Misophonia

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 24 Sep

Cindy Scarr shares her personal experience living with misophonia, a condition where specific sounds trigger intense emotional responses, often leading to discomfort or distress.

0 Communities Culture

Why Doug Emhoff took the bus to Hebrew school — and more about his childhood synagogue

Beth Harpaz in Forward · 22 Aug

The article highlights Doug Emhoff's Jewish upbringing and connection to Temple Shalom in Aberdeen, New Jersey, where he attended Hebrew school and had his bar mitzvah.

0 Culture Politics

The writer who wept at his daughter’s bat mitzvah

Jewish Chronicle · 30 May

Denis Hirson's memoir, "My Thirty-Minute Bar Mitzvah," delves into his complex relationship with his Jewish identity, upbringing in apartheid South Africa, and his father's unexpected political activism.

0 Culture Israel

We Got Lost in Gaza

Maya Arad in Tablet · 28 May

Maya Arad reminisces about her childhood in Kibbutz Nachal Oz, recalling a prank orchestrated by her daughter's inventive father during a bonfire celebration where he pretended they had ventured into Gaza.

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At This Moment

Sharona in Mishpacha · 14 May

A man recalls a special moment with his father at a hockey game in 1986 where he received a puck from his favorite player, Mike Bossy, as a gift.

0 History Holocaust

Learning To Let Go

Janet R. Kirchheimer in Lehrhaus · 8 Apr

The author reflects on her father's ability to evade death multiple times and contemplates the inevitability of losing loved ones as they age.

0 Holocaust Antisemitism

Peace Is Written With a Swastika

Eduardo Halfon in Tablet · 6 Mar

The text reflects on experiences of antisemitism in Guatemala, highlighting a childhood encounter with a boy who called the author "Israel" in a derogatory manner, reminiscent of Nazi practices of assigning Jewish names.

0 Literature Culture

The Secret Quietness

David Dephy in Lehrhaus · 12 Feb

In "The Secret Quietness," David Dephy explores the fleeting nature of time and the power of memories.

0 Communities Gender/Identity

Family First Inbox: Issue 879

Cindy Scarr in Mishpacha · 30 Jan

The Family First Inbox for Issue 879 includes a variety of reader responses to articles published in the magazine.

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Allow Me to Introduce You to the Joy of Israeli Chocolate Milk in a Bag

Lior Zaltzman in Kveller · 11 Sep 2023

The author reminisces about their love for the Israeli tradition of drinking chocolate milk from a bag known as "shoko besakit."

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Fiction // How Beautiful Are Your Tents, O Jacob?

Joe Kraus in Moment · 17 Aug 2023

In this short fiction story, a group of siblings return to the home of their deceased mother to sort through her belongings before the house is sold.

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My Barbenheimer Childhood

InternsFall21 in Lilith · 2 Aug 2023

The author reflects on their childhood memories, including their father teaching them physics and the joy they experienced playing with Barbies in their attic.

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Every Generation

Etgar Keret in Tablet · 14 Apr 2022

This text is a personal reflection about the experience of the author's father dying while he was a child.

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My Secret Santa

Sally Edelstein in Tablet · 23 Dec 2021

The author shares their personal experience of growing up in a Jewish family that celebrated Christmas alongside Hanukkah.

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Family Dinner

Debby Waldman in Tablet · 10 Dec 2021

The author reflects on the significance of Shabbat dinner in their childhood, which became less important after their father's death.

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Libido Dominandi

Emily Adelsohn Corngold in Tablet · 19 Nov 2021

The writer reflects on a childhood memory of visiting their father in a temporary apartment.

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Don Baylor

Jeremy Sigler in Tablet · 23 Feb 2021

The text reminisces about Don Baylor, a sporty and popular man from the 1970s who had a close relationship with the author's family.

0 Literature Music

‘Awakening,’ a Short Story by Isaac Babel

Maxim D. Shrayer in Tablet · 1 May 2018

In Isaac Babel's short story "Awakening," the narrator describes growing up in Odessa, a city obsessed with creating musical prodigies.

0 Gender/Identity Culture

Nothing Like a Mother

Morr Mazal Barton in Tablet · 21 Oct 2015

The author reflects on their challenging relationship with their Israeli mother, longing for a more conventional and gentle maternal figure.

0 Holidays Prayer

Twofold

S. Y. Agnon in Tablet · 3 Oct 2014

The text describes the author's experiences and reflections on Yom Kippur in various settings, from a synagogue in Jerusalem to a small gathering in a suburban neighborhood.

0 Culture

Giving Up Christmas as a Convert to Judaism

Annette Gendler in Tablet · 19 Dec 2012

The author, a convert to Judaism, reflects on giving up Christmas and embracing Hanukkah instead.

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