Simchat Bat News Today

Editor’s note: This commentary is a summary of speeches given by Sara Farber and Esther Smigel at a Simchat Bat ceremony — Hebrew for “celebration for a daughter” — at which their daugher, Eden Reed Smigel, was named. The word “Hanukkah” is derived...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published in the Hartford Courant. It has been edited slightly for timing purposes. HARTFORD — Northampton couple Sara Farber and Esther Smigel have a beautiful, healthy baby girl with a full head of hair.But...

From the blog of Perri Chaikof at The Times of Israel

Sara Farber gave birth to her second daughter with a condition known as placenta accreta. She almost died from blood loss, but she and her wife will name the baby today in a Hanukkah-themed celebration.

From the blog of Joseph C. Kaplan at Jewish Standard