by Cindy Warren | Jun 16, 2016 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
My husband blesses our children on Friday night when we sit down to Shabbat dinner. If he is detained at the hospital and we bring in Shabbat without him, I make Kiddush and I make Ha-Motzi on the challah. But I don’t bless my daughters. I leave that for when he...
by Cindy Warren | Jun 9, 2016 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
At a meeting the other evening, wanting to know if all the expected attendees were present, one of us counted, identifying each individual with a pointed index finger. A couple of us had a kind of instinctual prickle at the counting of Jewish people. Among certain...
by Cindy Warren | Jun 2, 2016 | News
The Westmount sponsored creative writing competition had a record-breaking number of entries this year with over 1600 applications. Once again, Akiva students rose to the top in the elementary school level with Callie Gelber placing 1st in the Grade One category,...
by Cindy Warren | Jun 2, 2016 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
My youngest daughter’s first words were “No waaay!” Adorable. Impossible not to laugh and smile and giggle and eat her every time she said it. Incredibly frustrating when I just want her to lie down or stop throwing her food on the floor. When I just want her to...
by Cindy Warren | May 26, 2016 | Blog, My Jewish Journey
“Can I get a glass of water?” “Can I have a spoon for my rice?” “I need a napkin.” “More spaghetti please.” When my children were little, I was firm about how they should sit at the table during meals. I kept them in booster seats longer than most because I wanted...