Eat Me

In her last posts, Jennifer Traig reorganized her library and looked at the changes from her past year. She has been guest-blogging all week for MJL and JBC.
I’ve been an observant Jew for the last twenty-five years, and I’d like to think it’s out of piety, but really, it’s for the food. Continue reading here.

The Book of Life Is Shelved in the Jefferson Wing

In her last post, Jennifer Traig looked at the changes from her past year. She is guest-blogging all week for MJL and JBC.

Recently my husband and I moved to a new house. Because we had to sort, pack, and transport an entire house worth’s of stuff while working fulltime, caring for our newborn, and functioning on four hours of sleep, we thought it would also be a good time to catalog and label our entire library. Continue reading here.

Convertibles in the Snow

Jennifer Traig, author of Well Enough Alone: A Cultural History of My Hypochondria, is guest-blogging all week for MyJewishLearning and the Jewish Book Council.

This New Year I’ll be grateful if there’s very little new. Last year there was far too much. Within a single week, I got married, got pregnant, and published a memoir.  Continue reading here.