Jane E. Herman

This is the 2025 iteration of a message I post annually on Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). If you can read only part of it, jump to...

This yahrzeit candle is for my Tante Laura, who died on March 5, 1970—55 years ago. Although we shared only seven years on this earth, her m...

I first learned about JWB Jewish Chaplains Council ® (JWB) early in my tenure at the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ). From ...

Photo: Wikimedia Commons In honor of National Grammar Day, I present this year’s list of my grammar and usage pet peeves—some new ones, but ...

In 2010, our family spent 11 days in hospice, accompanying our mother and wife to the end of her life as the body that had held her soul ...

https://blog.cengage.com/six-best-grammar-websites-for-your-college-students/ In less than a week, it will be March 4 th , National Gra...

Credit: benefits.com I didn’t know how I was going to write about Breast Cancer Awareness Month this year, and then I saw this message o...

“Teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, calibre, and future of an individual. If the people remember me as a goo...

Once upon a time, in 1968, two little girls (one still in diapers) moved with their parents from New Jersey to Wheaton, Maryland. They d...

  I intended to #BlogElul, I anticipated I would, and, most of all, I want to do it. Somehow, though, it took me six d...

July 8, 2021 Dear Aunt Claire, If you tried to call me yesterday and wondered where I was “ strabunsing harum ” (gallivanting about)...

I set out to read 12 books during the year, but never clicked the “Start Challenge” button on goodreads.com. Talk about foreshadowing… ...

  “She changed the way the law sees gender." Abbe Gluck, Yale Law School professor and former clerk of RBG I  never  turn on the television ...

Recently, I started the New York Times 30-Day Challenge, and this past week, one of the non-exercise day challenges was th...

For nearly as long as I can remember, my Aunt Claire has been collecting Quimper French pottery (pronounced CamPear). It’s mostly yell...

Sheltering-in-place is hard for everyone, but perhaps more so for those of us who live alone—even if we’re introverts. Sure, I love what m...

Today it’s cloudy and rainy in New York City. In an earlier time (like, maybe three weeks ago), I would have welcomed such a day to st...

I’m tired of the word “unprecedented,” which has been overused in recent weeks, so here are five things for which I’m grateful in thes...

Dear The Mums, Remember when you taught nursery school at the JCC in Rockville, Maryland, back when it was still called nursery scho...

In 2019, I aimed to read a total of 12 books – a modest goal, I thought, after reading seven in 2018 and ...