It Started with the Smell of Coffee
My husband, Peter Winkler, his parents, Joan and Ralph Winkler, and our children, Paul (now 33) and Hannah (29), brought me into the fold of Sinai. Sunny Sunday mornings I’d […]
My husband, Peter Winkler, his parents, Joan and Ralph Winkler, and our children, Paul (now 33) and Hannah (29), brought me into the fold of Sinai. Sunny Sunday mornings I’d […]
My story has been primarily about community. From my first exposure decades ago to the Interfaith Couples Group (my on-ramp to becoming Jewish as well as a source of lifelong […]
On March 4, 2017, we had the blessing of partaking in a double mitzvah. Our daughter, Elana, co-led the Shabbat morning service and became a Bat Mitzvah. It was a […]
Whenever someone learns where I grew up, they say “I never met anyone from Wyoming!” And, when they learn I’m Jewish, I hear “They have Jews in Wyoming?” So, to […]
On hearing that I had converted to Judaism many African-Americans — family members, friends and even recent acquaintances, have all basically asked the same question “How are you being treated…?” […]
I loved my grandmother. I always thought of her as the typical Jewish grandmother. She worried and kvetched. She bragged about famous Jews as if she knew them. She used […]
The Big Move Moving to a new city is never easy, but when you are empty nesters with no kids at home to help anchor you into the new community, […]
My Judaism story began with my Roman Catholic childhood. During my early life I attended daily Mass, first in the context of Catholic grammar school, then Catholic high school and […]
On May 7 our class, the Dibrot, was honored at the Kehillat Shabbat service. Tom Plotz, lay leader of the service, and Cantorial Soloist Robin Helzer, periodically invite graduates of […]
About nine months after my husband died I went up to Smith College to teach in the school of social work. I lived in a faculty dorm and ate and […]