My Writing

All my published short pieces and awards—chronologically

• On Being Jewish Now anthology (Flaunting My Jewish Star)
• Flaunting My Jewish Star, Dan’s Papers, October 2024
• What’s the message for this Rosh Hashanah? The Island 360, October 2024
• How The Women’s Movement Disappointed Me, April 2024
• Belonging, Jewish Book Council, February 2024
• The Glass Artist in the Gate of the Valley, Consequence, November 2023
• THE THIRD DAUGHTER (a novel) won the Jewish Book Council Award in the Book Club category (second place.) January 2020
• Take A Skeleton Out Of The Closet And Dance With It, Jewish Book Council blog, September 2019
• Sholem Aleichem And Me, Jewish Book Council blog, September 2019
• Cuba: Where Is It Heading?” World Press, January 2018
• HOTEL MOSCOW (a novel) won USA Book News Award in the Multicultural category, November 2015
• “The Sapir Prize,” Forward op-ed, June 2015
• “What is Tzedaka?” The Prosen People, June 2015
• “Second Generation Forever,” The Prosen People, June 2015
• “The Hard Earned Lessons of Going ‘Dutch’ on a Date,” Forward Sisterhood, May 2015
• “Jewish Through and Through,” Jewish Journal, May 2015
• Jewish Genes Are Not Enough, 614:HBI eZine, January 2015
• “French Doors,” 2 Bridges Review Vol. 3, Fiction, Fall 2013
• “My Hiroshima,” Acerbic Anthology: Protest Poetry and Short Fiction against Gender Violence and Rape, Spring 2013
• “Swans and Butterflies,” Dan’s Papers, November 2012 (2012 Literary Prize)
• “First Wonder,” “Chicken Soup for the Soul: The Magic of Mothers & Daughters,” Dreams Fulfilled, p.341, March 2012
• “Russia Then and Now,” Digital Journal, December 2011
• JERUSALEM MAIDEN (a novel) won Forward National Literature Award in the historical fiction category, November 2011
• “Exposing the Secrets of Jerusalem Maidens,” Reading Group Choices 2012, November 2011
• “The Wife I Can Never Divorce,” Clackamas Literary Review, Volume XV, 2011
• “No ‘Spring’ For Saudi Women,” Digital Journal, August 2011
• “An African Tale,” Midwest Literary Magazine, Summer 2011 (Distinguished Author Award)
• “My Brain’s Big Bang,” Mused: BellaOnline Literary Review, July 2011
• “Unveiling The Jerusalem Maiden,” ReadingGroupsGuide.com, June 2011
• “Tunneling Under Jerusalem,” Red Room, May 2011 (Featured Original Article)
• “Crossing the Street,” 614: HBI eZine, May 2011
• My Breakthrough Novel Award, Amazon Quick Promo, May 2011
• “My Brain’s Big Bang,” Litro Magazine, (UK) science issue, April 2011
• “Israel—The Pesky Little Country,” World Of Judaica, March 2011
• “Grandma’s Legacy,” Chicken Soup for Grandmothers, March 2011
• “Elimination of Discrimination Against Women,” A public reading/performing of my article—International Celebration of Women, March 19, 2011, Abbotsford, BC Canada
• “Stifled,” Tiferet Journal, February 2011
• “Israel—That Pesky Little Country,” Digital Journal, February 2011
• “I Steal Children,” BoomerCafé, February 2011
• Review: “Strangers No More,” Red Room, (and other sites), January 2011
• “My Wish for 2011 and beyond: More Progress for Women,” AOL News original articles, December 2010
• “Secrets Revealed By A Writers’ Conference Junkie,” Vibrant Nation, December 2010
• “My Helpmate,” Big City Lit, December 2010
• Excerpt from “JERUSALEM MAIDEN,” Best New Writing 2011, December 2010, (Nominated to Pushcart Prize)
• “Cougar Town,” Red Room, October 2010
• “Women’s Modern Plight,” WorldPress.org, October 2010
• Excerpt from “JERUSALEM MAIDEN,” Best New Writing 2011, October 2010, (Editor’s Choice Award)
• “Generationally Challenged,” Chicken Soup for the Soul: Family Matters, October 2010
• Review: “100 Voices: A Journey Home,” Flixter, September 2010
• “The Maidens and the Messiah,” The Eric Hoffer Award for Short Prose, August 2010 (2nd Place—Tie)
• “Saving Rivka,” Red Room, August 2010, (Editor’s Choice)
• “The Sole of a Shopper,” Omaha Senior Lifestyle, August 2010
• “My Heart Father,” HandPrints On Your Heart, August 2010
• “Running to Catch up With Changes,” BoomerCafé, June 2010
• “The Sole of a Shopper,” Divine Caroline, May 2010
• “Land of Milk and Honey, Writers Can Cook, Too!” Brandeis National Committee, Phoenix Chapter, April 2010
• “New World Women,” Empowerment4Women, March 2010
• “Gram’s Legacy,” Grand Magazine, March 2010
• Maccabiah video script, November 2009
• “Kidnapped Chinese Babies?” Digital Journal, October 2009
• “A Boomer’s Run With The Mountain,” BoomerCafé, October 2009
• “Women Are Not The Problem, But The Solution,” On The Issues Magazine, October 2009
• “The Globe’s Women’s Problem?” Digital Journal, October 2009
• “The Scandal In Our Own Backyard,” Divine Caroline, October 2009
• “The Ripple Effect,” Aish.com, July 2009
• “Not A Dog Lover,” Cup of Comfort for Dog Lovers, June 2009
• “The Ripple Effect,” National Jewish News, (JLTV), December 2008
• “Missing Girls: The Horror of Infanticide in China,” Vibrant Nation, November 2008
• “The Scandal In Our Own Backyard,” Vibrant Nation, November 2008
• “The Scandal In Our Own Backyard,” The Leadership Council, November 2008
• Two More Batches: “Writer’s Dozen: Lessons In Fiction Writing And Publishing,” The Scriptorium, September 2008
• “China’s Missing Girls,” Epoch Times, August 2008
• “China’s Missing Girls,” Peace X Peace, August 2008
• “Baby Supermarket,” New York Sun, February 2007
• “A Writer’s Quote,” The Complete Writer’s Journal, Summer 2006
• Surprised, “When I Grow Up I Want To Be 60,” Spring 2006
• “Soup or Tulips?” A Cup of Comfort for Women In Love, Fall 2005
• Excerpt from PUPPET CHILD (a novel), Dan’s Papers, June 4, 2004
• “Curtain Call,” Cup Of Comfort For Courage, Winter 2004
• “Bad Advice,” Writer’s Digest, March 2004
• “Jews Gather: The World Should Take Notice,” Maccabi USA, January 2004
• “Sojourn,” North Atlantic Review, Fall 2003
• “Empty Chairs,” The Best Jewish Writing 2003, John Wiley and Son, Fall 2003 (Jerusalem Post Special  review mention)
• “My Yard Sale,” RiverSedge, Fall 2003
• “Going Dutch,” Chocolate for Teen’s Spirit, June 2003
• “Festival in Venice,” Timber Creek Review, Spring 2003
• “Remembrance Day in Tel-Aviv,” Israel Insider, May 2003
• “Run, Mommy, Run,” Women’s e-News, February 2003
• “Zigzagging In A Straight Line,” Women On Writing, February 2003
• “At The Beach,” Confrontation Magazine, Long Island University’s Literary Magazine, Winter 2003
• “A Writers’ Dozen,” Women On Writing, January 2003
• “The Red Hot Mamas,” Anthology Magazine, November 2002
• “Empty Chairs,” Lynx Eye, September 2002
• “Walking into the Wind,” Cup Of Comfort For Women, August 2002
• “Riding the Rapids,” Cup Of Comfort For Women, August 2002
• “Beat The Marching Of Time,” Chocolate for Women, Summer 2002
• “A Writer’s Dozen,” The Writers’ Forum (UK), June 2002
• “Empty Chairs,” Midstream, April 2002
• “The Gift,” The Happy Times Monthly, April 2002
• “Writing Lessons,” Beginnings, February, 2002
• “The Ship Sails Away,” Rosebud Magazine, December 2001
• “Grandma’s Love,” The Happy Times Monthly, December 2001
• Glory: “A Nation’s Spirit Defeats the Attack on America,” November 2001
• “A Chinese Business Lunch,” Chocolate for A Woman’s Dreams, Fall 2001
• “The Spirit Of Adventure,” The Happy Times Monthly, September 2001
• “The Sky Asks No Questions,” Moxie Magazine, Summer 2001
• “Her September Men,” Circle Magazine, Summer 2001
• “Poetic Justice?” Chocolate For A Teen’s Heart, Summer 2001
• “Maccabiah—Now!” Internet, June 2001
• “Memorial Day in Tel-Aviv,” Lilith Magazine, Summer 2001
• “A War Close to Home,” Distant Echoes, February 2001
• “Coming of Age,” Chocolate For A Teen’s Heart, Winter 2000
• “A Girl Named Tomm,” Chocolate for a Woman’s Blessing, Summer 2000
• “A Chinese Business Lunch,” Writer’s Digest, 1999 Writing Competition (3rd Place, Personal Essay Category)
• “A Girl Named Tomm,” The Happy Times Monthly, March 1998
• “Invading the Province of Gods,” Echoes, (A Short Story Contest, Fall 1997–Honorary Mention)
• “Invading the Province of Gods,” Threshold, Summer 1997
• “Her September Men,” Pierce, 1997 First Page Contest (3rd Place Winner)
• “Memorial Day in Tel-Aviv,” Jewish Currents, May 1997
• “A Girl Named Tomm,” The Mother is Me, Winter 1997
• “It’s a Women’s Ghetto,” The Wall Street Journal, January, 1997
• “The Gift,” Executive Baby, September 1996
• “Coming of Age,” Mother Tongue, Fall 1996
• “A Lesson for a Life in a Tutu,” The New York Times, Long Island Section, August 1996
• “Coming of Age,” The Mother is Me, Summer 1996
• “Coming of Age,” Writer’s Digest, 1995 Writing Competition (Top 100 Winner, Personal Essay Category)