Alla UmanskiyI’m a Jewish Mother in America, But My Motherland Is Under Attack — KvellerImage by Mollie Suss4 min read·Feb 25, 2022--1--1
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…3 min read·Feb 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…4 min read·Nov 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…5 min read·Nov 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…3 min read·Sep 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…4 min read·Jun 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…3 min read·Jun 18, 2021----
Alla Umanskiy2021 Mother’s Day Tribute: Vita LembergVita Lemberg — Johns Creek2 min read·May 5, 2021----
Alla UmanskiyinModern ParentLearning to Ice Skate as an Adult Has Brought Me the Biggest Joy3 min read·Apr 28, 2021--2--2
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…5 min read·Mar 15, 2021----