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Judy Batalion

Judy Batalion is the author of White Walls: A Memoir About Motherhood, Daughterhood, and the Mess in Between. Her forthcoming book is about Jewish women who fought in the resistance against the Nazis.

  • Vladka Meed’s false identification card, issued in the name of Stanislawa Wachalska, 1943
    Vladka Meed’s false identification card, issued in the name of Stanislawa Wachalska, 1943
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    The Fighting Women of the Warsaw Ghetto

    An excerpt from a new book about women in the resistance during WWII

    byJudy Batalion
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    Call It Sleepless

    When my daughter wouldn’t sleep through the night, I wondered: Was this a medical issue, or a psychological problem she’d inherited from my family?

    byJudy Batalion
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    The Helicopter Shrink

    When I was pregnant, my therapist became a maternal figure for me—and ultimately helped me appreciate my own mother in an unexpected way

    byJudy Batalion
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    The Festival of Cleaning

    Whether you’re a hoarder or a neat freak, Passover gives families a chance to get rid of the mess—together

    byJudy Batalion
  • Meat is displayed for sale on a butcher's stall in Smithfield Market in London, England.
    Meat is displayed for sale on a butcher's stall in Smithfield Market in London, England.
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    Bubbe vs. Bubbe

    My boyfriend’s proper English grandmother was nothing like the fast-walking, loud-talking grandmother I’d grown up with—or was she?

    byJudy Batalion
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    My Husband Wanted to Break the Fast Early and I Didn’t

    A case of how doing what seems wrong can also be what’s right

    byJudy Batalion
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