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You’re perfect, but also… someone can’t stand you

You’re perfect, but also… someone can’t stand you

Amy Fenster Brown
Published June 18, 2025
Slippery slope of aging begins with trying to beat the crowd

Slippery slope of aging begins with trying to beat the crowd

Amy Fenster Brown
Published June 5, 2025
Empty nest, full heart: one Jewish mom’s hilarious, honest take on her kids growing up

Empty nest, full heart: one Jewish mom’s hilarious, honest take on her kids growing up

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published April 2, 2025
A sign for customers shopping for eggs at Trader Joe’s hangs by the cartons in Merrick, New York, U.S., February 16, 2025.

Notes From A Jewish Mother: Eggsactly when did we all become old?

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published March 11, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during inauguration ceremonies in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.

Notes From A Jewish Mother: Navigating our political divisions

Amy Fenster Brown
Published January 22, 2025
Notes From A Jewish Mother: A Hanukkah gift: 8 nights of random musings

Notes From A Jewish Mother: A Hanukkah gift: 8 nights of random musings

Amy Fenster Brown
Published December 19, 2024
Notes From A Jewish Mother: It’s our silly, embarrassing sins we need to forgive

Notes From A Jewish Mother: It’s our silly, embarrassing sins we need to forgive

AMY FENSTER BROWN, Special To The Jewish Light
Published October 9, 2024
Notes From A Jewish Mother: Happy double New Year to all; and now, the news

Notes From A Jewish Mother: Happy double New Year to all; and now, the news

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published October 3, 2024
Notes From A Jewish Mother: Outrageous (half-written) book ideas you’ll wish were real

Notes From A Jewish Mother: Outrageous (half-written) book ideas you’ll wish were real

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published August 27, 2024
Amy Fenster Brown

Notes From A Jewish Mother: When your firstborn leaves for college

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published August 13, 2024
‘Lowcuterie’ and other random ideas I have to share

‘Lowcuterie’ and other random ideas I have to share

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published July 24, 2024
Amy Fenster-Brown and friends.

For ‘professional overthinkers,’ choosing a restaurant can feel like solving a Rubik’s Cube

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published June 24, 2024
Pish posh! Enough with the creepy buzzing

Pish posh! Enough with the creepy buzzing

AMY FENSTER BROWN, Special to the Jewish Light
Published June 4, 2024
Amy Fenster Brown with her father, Ron Fenster.

Remember my ‘sweet guy’ dad with a big dose of his humor

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published March 21, 2024
We've decoded the latest 'teenglish' lingo so you don't have too

We’ve decoded the latest ‘teenglish’ lingo so you don’t have too

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published February 26, 2024

Why I’m starting a ‘rage journal’ for my health

Amy Fenster Brown
Published February 12, 2024
Free advice to teens from Aunt Amy, that they didn't ask for

Free advice to teens from Aunt Amy, that they didn’t ask for

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published January 25, 2024
Eradicate latke stink? That would be a Hanukkah miracle

Eradicate latke stink? That would be a Hanukkah miracle

Amy Fenster Brown
Published December 6, 2023
Amid dark times, let’s remember some of the best things about being Jewish

Amid dark times, let’s remember some of the best things about being Jewish

AMY FENSTER BROWN, Special To The Jewish Light
Published October 19, 2023
Taylor Swift in 2019. Photo: © Glenn Francis,www.PacificProDigital.com/CREATIVE COMMONS and Travis Kelce in 2021. Photo: All-Pro Reels from District of Columbia, USA/CREATIVE COMMONS

Look what Taylor made me do: Watch football

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published October 5, 2023
Time to change: A teshuvah lesson from Greg Brady

Time to change: A teshuvah lesson from Greg Brady

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published September 20, 2023
Leo Brown with mom Amy Fenster Brown at Leo’s bar mitzvah.

‘If I knew then what I know now’ … b’nai mitzvah edition

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published August 14, 2023
It’s never too late to give up on your dreams

It’s never too late to give up on your dreams

Amy Fenster Brown
Published June 21, 2023
Amy Fenster Brown's guide to understanding 'buzz words'

Amy Fenster Brown’s guide to understanding ‘buzz words’

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published May 8, 2023
The good and the gross Jewish Foods. The debate is on.

The good and the gross Jewish Foods. The debate is on.

Amy Fenster Brown, Special to the Jewish Light
Published March 31, 2023
No-stress resolution: Be better in ’23 at something you’re already good at

No-stress resolution: Be better in ’23 at something you’re already good at

Amy Fenster Brown, Special For The Jewish Light
Published January 11, 2023
The Browns. Photo courtesy of Video Gate Studio

A New Year’s newsletter from the Fenster Brown family

Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published October 6, 2022
Amy Fenster Brown (left) writes, "My BFF Nancy isn't actually taller than me, I just put her on a pedestal.

School is back in session; life lessons begin

Amy Fenster Brown, Special For The Jewish Light
Published August 29, 2022
Show us your back-to-school signs, we’ll show you ours

Show us your back-to-school signs, we’ll show you ours

Amy Fenster Brown, Special For The Jewish Light
Published August 18, 2022
Amy Fenster Brown and Renne Ross. Leo and Davis Brown.

It really is a small Jewish world after all

Amy Fenster Brown, Special to the Jewish Light
Published August 11, 2022
Amy Fenster Brown’s husband  Jeff   manages to catch some Z’s in public with kids screaming around him 

You rock, Daddio — it’s time to ‘honor’ the fathers

AMY FENSTER BROWN, Special For The Jewish Light
Published August 7, 2022
Nominations are open for Amy’s Mom Awards

Nominations are open for Amy’s Mom Awards

AMY FENSTER BROWN, Special to the Jewish Light
Published June 29, 2022
A tip o’ the grad cap to the anxieties of fledgling adulthood

A tip o’ the grad cap to the anxieties of fledgling adulthood

AMY FENSTER BROWN, Special to the Jewish Light
Published June 1, 2022
Ahh nostalgia—when life tasted better and hurt less

Ahh nostalgia—when life tasted better and hurt less

Amy Fenster Brown
Published May 18, 2022
It’s a good thing journals are private; oh, wait

It’s a good thing journals are private; oh, wait

AMY FENSTER BROWN, Special to the Jewish Light
Published April 3, 2022
black silhouettes of three groups of different teen people standing and talking to each other

Keep it 100: Your teenspeak glossary, part two

AMY FENSTER BROWN
Published March 17, 2022
These are my kind of clubs. Wanna join?

These are my kind of clubs. Wanna join?

AMY FENSTER BROWN, Special to the Jewish Light
Published March 9, 2022
black silhouettes of three groups of different teen people standing and talking to each other

Think going ham on teenspeak makes me tucked? Bet!

AMY FENSTER BROWN
Published February 18, 2022
Warning: I’m venting, and it’s no laughing matter

Warning: I’m venting, and it’s no laughing matter

AMY FENSTER BROWN
Published February 8, 2022
Here’s some collected wisdom, and you can quote me

Here’s some collected wisdom, and you can quote me

AMY FENSTER BROWN
Published January 21, 2022
Amy Fenster Brown's '2021 in the rear view' - Masks, rodents, Oreos … and Britney!

Amy Fenster Brown’s ‘2021 in the rear view’ – Masks, rodents, Oreos … and Britney!

Amy Fenster Brown, Special For The Jewish Light
Published December 14, 2021
8 fun ‘facts’ for Hannu- … Chana- … whatever

8 fun ‘facts’ for Hannu- … Chana- … whatever

Amy Fenster Brown, Special For The Jewish Light
Published December 2, 2021
Photos by (from left) Charles Parker, Karolina Grabowska and Ksenia Chernaya (all from Pexels.com)

What’s so fun about ‘fun size’ candy and other tricks and treats

Amy Fenster Brown, Special to the Jewish Light
Published October 20, 2021
What happens in Snack Club never stays in Snack Club

What happens in Snack Club never stays in Snack Club

Amy Fenster Brown, Special to the Jewish Light
Published October 5, 2021
Random thoughts and atoneable moments from 5781

Random thoughts and atoneable moments from 5781

Amy Fenster Brown, Special to the Jewish Light
Published September 23, 2021
Amy Fenster Brown: It’s that time of year again. #backtoschool

Amy Fenster Brown: It’s that time of year again. #backtoschool

AMY FENSTER BROWN
Published August 29, 2021
Summer makes me sweaty, especially around my brains

Summer makes me sweaty, especially around my brains

AMY FENSTER BROWN
Published July 30, 2021
Image from Pexels

Vacation vibes: Keeping the buzz alive at home

Amy Fenster Brown, Special to the Jewish Light
Published June 28, 2021
Freed from the mask, I’m all lip gloss and smiles

Freed from the mask, I’m all lip gloss and smiles

AMY FENSTER BROWN, SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
Published May 20, 2021
Lights! Action! No, wait, too much action

Lights! Action! No, wait, too much action

Amy Fenster Brown, Special to the Jewish Light
Published April 21, 2021

How to choose the right pediatrician: Guide and checklist

Amy Fenster Brown
Published March 16, 2021
Local rabbis react cautiously to moves

Local rabbis react cautiously to moves

SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
Published December 12, 2006
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