My husband, Jim, converted to Judaism just before our wedding.

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One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only...

One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only...

I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept...

I got nice rejections explaining that historical fiction was a difficult sell. But I kept...

The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups....

The more I do bookstores, the more people come up to me from church groups....

Whatever your relationship is to your sacred tradition in the West, you have some relationship...

Whatever your relationship is to your sacred tradition in the West, you have some relationship...

November is Jewish book month, so Jewish Community Centers all around the country have book...

November is Jewish book month, so Jewish Community Centers all around the country have book...

Until very recently men and women inhabited very separate spheres. There was always interconnection, passion,...

Until very recently men and women inhabited very separate spheres. There was always interconnection, passion,...

I have a 10-year track record of writing for the Jewish community.

I have a 10-year track record of writing for the Jewish community.

As a journalist I'm comfortable doing library research, and I did a lot! I had...

As a journalist I'm comfortable doing library research, and I did a lot! I had...

The Bible - it's sort of the other person in the room. There's this book,...

The Bible - it's sort of the other person in the room. There's this book,...

Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful...

Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful...

Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.

Since 1985, I have written about contemporary Jewish practice and the Jewish community.

There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about...

There's something almost adolescent about Whitman's paean to everything that was and remains good about...

I never wanted Mary Poppins to be my nanny. I wanted to be her when...

I never wanted Mary Poppins to be my nanny. I wanted to be her when...

I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the...

I lived through a classic publishing story. My editor was fired a month before the...

The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff

The real Mary Poppins got lost when Hollywood turned her into a cream puff

My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver...

My early childhood was spent in Newark, New Jersey, but my family moved to Denver...

I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.

I love many kinds of music: world music, jazz, classical, pop.

Biblical names are hot again.

Biblical names are hot again.

The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family,...

The Sabbath is a weekly cathedral raised up in my dining room, in my family,...

My six handbooks to Jewish life and lifecycle events mostly followed the trajectory of my...

My six handbooks to Jewish life and lifecycle events mostly followed the trajectory of my...