Taking Care of Our Kids by Taking Care of Ourselves: Mental Health for New Parents jemerman May 3, 2023 Mental Health Image When we began writing this piece, we realized just how similar our experiences were as women who became first-time mothers during the COVID-19 pandemic. We gave birth a week apart, both via C-section, and both of our sons were premature.
What We Gain From Interfaith Dialogue: Project Understanding jemerman April 26, 2023 Interfaith Affairs Image What happens when you take six Jewish teens and six Catholic teens to Israel? This was the very question that Roger Tilles and the late Fr. Tom Hartman hoped to answer in 1988 when they organized Project Understanding.
Israel at 75: Forging the Path Together jemerman April 21, 2023 Israel Image In November 2006, I set out with a pack on my back to walk the Land. I knew that before I enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces, I wanted a more intimate relationship with the country that I had made my home.