Molly Conway is an Oakland based writer and playwright. She has written for Repeller.com, The Forward, and Grateful.com in addition to her musings on social media. You can find her on IG @moxiequinn or, possibly on a walk with her husband Win, and their dog, Bialy. She has yet to finish a cup of tea while it is still hot.
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No, a Hanukkah Bush Is Not a Thing
Something you learn very quickly when you’re one of only half a dozen Jews in your upstate New York public school: No one really believes you when you tell them you don’t celebrate Christmas.
Celebrating the Days of Awe in the Year that Nothing Went to Plan
Photo by Qihao Wang on Unsplash
There is no guarantee of divine reward for our goodness, nor threat of eternal punishment for our misdeeds. And yet, we are instructed each year, to stop the busyness of our lives, contemplate our own mortality, and make concrete changes based on our conclusions. One might wonder, why bother?