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Alla Umanskiy

I’m a Jewish Mother in America, But My Motherland Is Under Attack — Kveller

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4 min readFeb 25, 2022

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I’m a Jewish Mother in America, But My Motherland Is Under Attack — Kveller

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Alla Umanskiy

Motherland Under Attack

My 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 readFeb 24, 2022

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Motherland Under Attack

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Alla Umanskiy

Yom Kippur in the Rain… and Nowhere To Go

It 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 readNov 2, 2021

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Yom Kippur in the Rain… and Nowhere To Go

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Alla Umanskiy

I’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 readNov 2, 2021

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I’m a Writer. Am I Allowed to Say That?

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Alla Umanskiy
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Modern Parent

My Daughter Started High School and I Wasn’t Ready

My 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 readSep 13, 2021

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Alla Umanskiy

Ice 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 readJun 29, 2021

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Ice skating as an adult has brought amazing joy

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Alla Umanskiy

Parenting in the Pandemic

The past year shook families, testing parents as they worked and taught kids from home, debated about how close to stand to grandparents…

3 min readJun 18, 2021

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Parenting in the Pandemic

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Alla Umanskiy

2021 Mother’s Day Tribute: Vita Lemberg

Vita Lemberg — Johns Creek

2 min readMay 5, 2021

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2021 Mother’s Day Tribute: Vita Lemberg

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Alla Umanskiy
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Modern Parent

Learning to Ice Skate as an Adult Has Brought Me the Biggest Joy

3 min readApr 28, 2021

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Learning to Ice Skate as an Adult Has Brought Me the Biggest Joy

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Alla Umanskiy
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Modern Parent

A Year Later — On the Other Side

It 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 readMar 15, 2021

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A Year Later — On the Other Side

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Alla Umanskiy

Alla Umanskiy

I’m a mother, a wife, a passionate writer, a lover of sweets, a very amateur runner, an avid reader, and an aspiring ice skater.

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