Published Work Articles My mom left me twice to go live in an ashram. Now, as an adult, I am thankful she never took me with her. (Insider) The More Painful Absence: a Review of Keema Waerfield’s Inside Passage (The Rumpus) Ways to help kids cope with – and help combat – climate change (The Washington Post) Beyond the Spectacle of Wild Wild Country (The Atlantic) As a Jewish Mother, President Zelensky Gives Me Courage (Moms Don’t Have Time to Write) Teens’ Personal Essays Give Me Hope – The Seattle Times How My Childhood Shaped the Way I’m Teaching My Kids About Body Image (Scary Mommy) How Judging Others In Times of Crisis Can Make Us Feel Safe – P.S. I Love You I proudly claim my Jewishness when once I hid it (The Times Of Israel) Before You Can Love the World, You Have to Love Yourself – Jewish in Seattle What Kids Want You to Know (Seattle’s Child Magazine) Parent check: Why are you really sharing that photo of your kid on social media? (Care.com) 8 ways parents can help support kids who think and learn differently – Care.com CRAFT ESSAYS Memoir Scenes That Work: Choosing What Stays in Your Memoir and What Goes (Writer’s Digest) How To Approach Your Friends and Family About Your Memoir (Writer’s Digest) Can a Writer Have an Inner Life and a Social Media Presence? (Writer’s Digest) Three Reasons I Could Stop Writing Memoir But Won’t (Brevity Blog) Set Your Pitch Apart: Getting Indie Bookstores to Say Yes to Your Book Event (Poets & Writers) Flash/Lyric We Had No Woman (Hippocampus) Finally Reduced (Pithead Chapel) Tiny Love Stories (The New York Times) 14 Years Later (Five Minute Lit) That Same Game (Microfiction Monday Magazine) 10 Tips for Walking Alone At Night (The Citron Review) Funeral (Burningword Literary Journal) Hug (Matter Press) Everything You Care About (Inkwell Magazine) MEMOIR ESSAYS What Dr. Ruth Gave Me (Tablet) I grew up in a kibbutz in Israel, and I only got to see my parents a few hours a day. I wish they understood how much I needed them around. (Insider) I’ve Been Comparing Myself to Other Mothers for as Long as I Can Recall (Moms Don’t Have Time to Write) Far From Forsaken (Litro Magazine) Alone in a Group-excerpt from memoir When She Comes Back (The Start) I Don’t Want To Cook for My Family and I’m Tired of Feeling Guilty About It (Huffington Post) I Can’t Shake the Guru Bhagwan (The Rumpus) I’m Sorry About the Dog (Proximity Magazine) Blackberries (Lilith) I Want to Heal My Son So Badly (Salon) What You’re Left with When She is Gone (Brain, Child Magazine) When Sheepshead Bay Was Home (Niche Lit) Not So Glamorous (Hofstra Windmill, p. 184) One Pot of Soup at a Time (It’s An Itchy Little World) My Jewish Mom Left Us to Join a Cult. Here’s How We Reconciled. – Kveller Short Fiction The Plan (Sequestrum) Gibbous (Best New Writing 2015 in print and Kindle) What February Feels Like (Red Fez) House in the Woods (American Literary Review) Rick’s Wax Hands (The Iowa Review Winter 2013/2014) Poetry Three Poems by Ronit Plank (Parley Lit) Sign up for my quarterly newsletter for updates on upcoming workshops, events, and the latest on my Substack! SUBSCRIBE! You have Successfully Subscribed! Follow Follow Follow