Alla UmanskiyI’m a Jewish Mother in America, But My Motherland Is Under Attack — KvellerImage by Mollie SussFeb 25, 2022Feb 25, 2022
Alla UmanskiyMotherland Under AttackMy motherland, the country where I was born and spent 10.5 years of my life, is under an atrocious attack. No cutesy introduction. No…Feb 24, 2022Feb 24, 2022
Alla UmanskiyYom Kippur in the Rain… and Nowhere To GoIt was a rainy Yom Kippur day when I pulled up into the parking lot of a reform temple in the Atlanta area. This was a temple where my…Nov 2, 2021Nov 2, 2021
Alla UmanskiyI’m a Writer. Am I Allowed to Say That?I got a chance to sit at a Shakespeare and Co. bookstore on the Upper West Side of Manhattan a couple of weeks ago. It was raining, it was…Nov 2, 2021Nov 2, 2021
Alla UmanskiyinModern ParentMy Daughter Started High School and I Wasn’t ReadyMy daughter started high school three weeks ago, and I was flooded with emotions that came unexpectedly out of nowhere. This is coming from…Sep 13, 2021Sep 13, 2021
Alla UmanskiyIce skating as an adult has brought amazing joy“I’m 42 years old,” I told a friend, “and I’ve found one of the biggest joys I’ve ever experienced just now!” She nodded, “That’s…Jun 29, 2021Jun 29, 2021
Alla UmanskiyParenting in the PandemicThe past year shook families, testing parents as they worked and taught kids from home, debated about how close to stand to grandparents…Jun 18, 2021Jun 18, 2021
Alla UmanskiyinModern ParentLearning to Ice Skate as an Adult Has Brought Me the Biggest JoyApr 28, 20213Apr 28, 20213
Alla UmanskiyinModern ParentA Year Later — On the Other SideIt was a well-oiled machine, this COVID vaccine location. Only five minutes from my house, in a non-descript government building, was the…Mar 15, 2021Mar 15, 2021