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Nov 27, 2024 | 
ejewishphilanthropy.com | Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath
News Opinion Your Daily Phil In his 2008 book Outliers, Malcolm Gladwell popularized the idea of the “10,000 Hour Rule”: the concept that achieving world-class expertise in any skill is, to a great extent, a matter of practicing for 10,000 hours.
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Aug 21, 2024 | 
kveller.com | Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath
I’m pregnant. It’s the best of times. After a first pregnancy that ended in a miscarriage the day my grandma died, and a second pregnancy that I couldn’t enjoy because I was haunted by the fear that the end result would be more loss, pregnancy number three is in many ways where I’m hitting my stride. My arms are full with the most wonderful toddler imaginable.
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Apr 9, 2024 | 
jpost.com | Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath
There has been an awakening since October 7 – of Jewish identity, Jewish pride, the yearning to find and claim Jewish joy in a world that sought to silence it.
On October 7, I woke up early in the morning, before the sun had fully risen.
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Jan 9, 2024 | 
jpost.com | Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath
Our words are powerful. They create the world in which we live.
My guess is that the last time you heard this phrase was in the context of a magic trick, a moment when sleight of hand was used to create a moment of wonder for the audience.
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Oct 26, 2023 | 
jewishtimes.com | David Bryfman |Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath
By David Bryfman and Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath“Teenagers wake up in the morning. They get dressed, brush their teeth, and check their social media. But this technology is not just what they do, it is who they are.”David Bryfman wrote those sentences back in 2009. Now, almost 15 years later, this is more true than ever for teens and tweens. Particularly with the catalyst of the pandemic, their lives often take place and connections are built through screens. Since Oct.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
washingtonjewishweek.com | David Bryfman |Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath
By David Bryfman and Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath“Teenagers wake up in the morning. They get dressed, brush their teeth, and check their social media. But this technology is not just what they do, it is who they are.”David wrote those sentences back in 2009. Now, almost 15 years later, this more true than ever for teens and tweens. Particularly with the catalyst of the pandemic, their lives often take place and connections are built through screens. Since Oct.
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Oct 17, 2023 | 
jpost.com | David Bryfman |Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath
As parents, and as a broader community, we can, and must do better than just telling people to look away from social media.
“Teenagers wake up in the morning. They get dressed, brush their teeth, and check their social media.
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Sep 8, 2023 | 
columbusjewishnews.com | Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath
This week, I joined fellow Jewish educators, tweens, and countless other Jews and Jew-curious Netflix binge-watchers, and entered into the world of middle-school drama and coming-of-age angst encapsulated in “You’re So Not Invited to My Bat Mitzvah.” Adam Sandler’s latest movie, which has rightly been described as his most Jewish yet, is a window into teen angst, the urgency of conflicts that feel like the biggest deal in the world, and, most importantly for me, a glimpse into a Jewish utopia.
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May 3, 2023 | 
jns.org | Samantha Vinokor-Meinrath
Spread the word. Help JNS grow! Share now: What does it mean to belong to something greater than oneself? When I began working on this article, I started at the blinking icon next to the word belonging for longer than I can quantify, homing in on the word and allowing it to take on any number of interpretative meetings. On the surface, belonging is easily defined: an affinity for a place or situation.
