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L’Shana Tova: Rethinking resolutions with humor and a little anxiety

By Amy Fenster Brown, Special to the Jewish Ligh
Published September 22, 2025

Nest, Empty

By Amy Fenster Brown, Special to the Jewish Light
Published September 3, 2025

Chat up a stranger, it’s a mitzvah — but please wash your hands

By Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published August 12, 2025

Why this season’s biggest cleanup might start inside you

By Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published April 21, 2025

Notes From A Jewish Mother: Oh, for a nap—or at least an off button for the brain

BY AMY FENSTER BROWN
Published February 19, 2025

Notes From A Jewish Mother: How a humor writer’s mom roasted her into creating a business empire

By Amy Fenster Brown
Published February 5, 2025

Notes From A Jewish Mother: Set the bar low for 2025 to avoid shame and disappointment

BY AMY FENSTER BROWN
Published January 8, 2025

Notes from a Jewish mother: Don’t fade on this teen lexicon, it’s raw. Skibidi

BY AMY FENSTER BROWN, Special To The Jewish Light
Published November 13, 2024

Notes from a Jewish mother: You may be an alpha, dude, but you’re no sigma

BY AMY FENSTER BROWN, Special To The Jewish Light
Published October 29, 2024

Let ‘Tiles Tuesday’ be your weekly Mah Jongg fix for fun and friendship in St. Louis

BY AMY FENSTER BROWN, Special To The Jewish Light
Published June 30, 2024

Caps in the air, parents in despair: The graduation gloom

BY AMY FENSTER BROWN
Published May 22, 2024

Momming Never Stops

BY AMY FENSTER BROWN
Published May 2, 2024

Buzz Off! Why I’m serving up unfiltered truth to nosy advice-givers

BY AMY FENSTER BROWN
Published April 18, 2024

Teen sons’ road trip chats offer mom a dose of humor

By Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published March 10, 2024

We dare to unlock the teenage mind to learn what your teens really wants to talk about

By Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published October 30, 2023

It’s crying time again … and again … and again

By Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published August 23, 2023

Anxiety: The uninvited guest that doesn’t go away

By Amy Fenster Brown
Published July 24, 2023

Remembering “summer breaks” of the past compared to today

By Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published June 9, 2023

What’s TV good for? Learning life lessons, of course

By Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published May 24, 2023

On mah jongg, husbands and other random thoughts

By Amy Fenster Brown, Special To The Jewish Light
Published April 20, 2023

Eight thoughts, one for each night of Hanukkah

By Amy Fenster Brown, Special For The Jewish Light
Published December 18, 2022

“I love normal parents. Here’s why”

By Amy Fenster Brown, Special For The Jewish Light
Published November 7, 2022

Meet the new year, hopefully not like the old year

By Amy Fenster Brown, Special For The Jewish Light
Published January 4, 2022

The doctor is in: How to choose the right pediatrician

By Amy Fenster Brown
Published March 16, 2021

Bye-bye, 2020: No, seriously. Leave.

By Amy Fenster Brown
Published December 31, 2020

It’s great to be grateful: Counting my blessings

By Amy Fenster Brown
Published November 19, 2020

Ugh, politics: Do you want a fight or a relationship?

By Amy Fenster Brown
Published October 21, 2020

More ‘mitzvah,’ less ‘bar’: A lesson in silver linings

By Amy Fenster Brown
Published August 27, 2020

A self-care exercise: Imagining the imperfections

By Amy Fenster Brown
Published July 30, 2020

Raise our voices for the cause of justice

By Amy Fenster Brown
Published June 18, 2020

Take a deep breath: The pressure to relax

By Amy Fenster Brown
Published April 23, 2020

Inconvenience vs. danger: A learning moment

By Amy Fenster Brown
Published March 26, 2020

Mom? Mom! MOM! Kids’ demands are proof of our parenting acumen

By Amy Fenster Brown
Published February 27, 2020

Dealing with the delicate balance of imbalance

By Amy Fenster Brown
Published January 30, 2020

Local rabbis react cautiously to moves

SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH LIGHT
Published December 12, 2006

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