Experimenting with Shabbat Sleepovers
As I have talked about here on Kveller quite a bit, I love Shabbat. I love turning off anything electronic for 25 hours, not working, not driving anywhere, having leisurely meals, taking a nap while my...
View ArticleMayim, The Ex & The Kids Do Disneyland
I have never taken my children to Disneyland. They are 5 and just 8. We went on Sunday. Me, the ex, and the mother-in-law. All five of us. One car. 10 hours. Disneyland. Why I Have Never Taken My Kids...
View ArticleEight Things Mayim is Thankful for This Hanukkah
Since Hanukkah fell on Thanksgiving this year–or did Thanksgiving fall on Hanukkah rather!?–I wanted to share eight things I am thankful for so far this Hanukkah. Context: I just got back from the...
View ArticleThe Top 10 Things We Wish as Divorced Women
As the resident Kveller Contributing Editors Who Are Divorced & Not Remarried, Sarah Tuttle-Singer and I took issue with Sarah Buttenwieser’s recent post about envying divorced people and wishing...
View ArticleSitting Courtside at a UCLA Basketball Game… With the Ex
I took my ex-husband to a UCLA basketball game last weekend. I mean, we went together. But I got the floor seats and the VIP wristbands. So it felt like me taking him. Why did I do this? 1. Him …...
View ArticleMayim Bialik in Kentucky for Her Biggest Speaking Engagement Yet
I spoke at Morehead State University last week for about 3,000 people. That’s the most people I have ever spoken for! I have done a lot of speaking engagements, but this was actually the first I have...
View ArticleDespite Racy Lyrics, Mayim Still Lets Her Sons Listen to Pop Music… In...
My sons love pop music. Despite literally raising them on Bob Dylan, Dan Bern and The International Jewish Banking Conspiracy, They Might Be Giants, Israeli extravaganza David Broza, and Peter, Paul,...
View ArticleGoing to a Harlem Globetrotters Game with the Kids and the Ex (And Heidi Klum)
When I was a kid, my parents took us to see the Harlem Globetrotters play. I have only the best memories of watching those games. The players are part comedians, part athletes, and part choreography...
View ArticleMayim Bialik: Missing My Sons’ Purim Carnival & Other Downsides to Being a...
Last year, I was recently divorced when Purim fell. Purim, for those of you not in the know, is a spring holiday commemorating the near destruction and redemption of the Jewish community in Iran some...
View ArticleMayim Bialik: I’ve Come to Accept a Lot About Divorce, But I Don’t Want to...
OK God, I get it. I get that you’re in charge. You’re just in charge of it all, aren’t you? In charge, all-knowing, always there. You were there when Mike and I announced our separation right here on...
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