About Me
I am a Jewish, religious, passionately Zionistic American-Israeli Baal Teshuvah with a 16 17 year old stepson and six more children ten eleven and under. I love my family, my work, music, cooking, Israel, and learning and teaching Torah. I also love my blog community.
I grew up in Weston, CT, #3 preppiest town in the US in the eighties, according to The Preppy Handbook. My family was active in the Conservative movement, so I was a USY and Camp Ramah kid 110%. There was a time when I thought I was going to become a Cantor. How I became a “frummie” is a long story. Aren’t they all?
I love music, almost any kind, if it is good. I love experiencing my kids through music, my Judaism through music, and especially some combination of all three.
I moved to Israel in 1995, straight out of college, as a Baalat Teshuva still at an early point on my journey. I worked in politics and public relations in the non-profit world. I still do. (www.mooreconnected.com)
I moved to the US in 2000 with my husband and my one year old daughter so that we could be close to my stepson and help raise him as much as possible. Five months later I gave birth to twins. Leaving Israel was heartbreaking for me, and remains so every day. At the time, I was too distracted, sleep deprived and overwhelmed to feel it much. We plan to return home after my stepson has graduated high school, B”H.
I have gained most of whatever wisdom I have the hard way. Through my own mistakes and trials. I hope what I have gained is a little wisdom.
This blog includes the things in my daily experience: my thoughts on Israel, historically, politically, and socially. My thoughts on Torah and the Jewish world. My thoughts on raising Jewish children to be a light unto the nations and to repair the world. My thoughts on Jewish Music education for children 0-5 years old. My thoughts on being a second wife, and a stepmom. My recommendations on children’s products that are not a waste of time and money (I believe almost all are).
