WHO MISSES THE BORSCHT BELT?

by | Oct 3, 2025 | Blog

Why on earth would anyone miss the funky Catskills hotels and bungalow colonies where Jews vacationed for most of the 20th century because they weren’t allowed to check into most gentile-owned resorts and didn’t have the money to travel anywhere else? What...

STAYIN’ ALIVE

by | Sep 20, 2025 | Blog

I used to make fun of my parents for spending all their time at doctor’s appointments. Now I’m doing the same. If you are, too, tune in to Season 2, Episode 7 of MAYBE IT’S ME and we can compare notes.  

LIFE DRAWING

by | Sep 5, 2025 | Blog

Okay, the latest episode of Maybe It’s Me is one you won’t want to miss … if only because you will find me trying to draw a naked man. I signed up for what I assumed would be a very basic art class, strictly for beginners, but there on the stage...

WHY MY MOTHER WAS DEBBIE DOWNER

by | Aug 22, 2025 | Blog

My mother saw disaster lurking everywhere. Why did I take so many decades to believe she–and so many women like her–had a lot of reasons to be afraid, not only for herself but for all of us? Tune in for Season 2, Episode 5 of my podcast MAYBE IT’S...

ERECTOR SET

by | Aug 8, 2025 | Blog

What happens when you finally get the toy of your dreams … when you’re in your sixties? Will an Erector set help your little girl become a physicist? What do we really want from our parents? Tune in to Season 2, Episode 4 of my podcast MAYBE IT’S ME...

ELDERLY

by | Jul 25, 2025 | Blog

We’re forgetting just how horrifying it was to live through the covid pandemic, especially if you were elderly, disabled, or otherwise at risk. We’re forgetting how many loved ones we lost, how many survivors were left with lifetime damage, both physical...