Tzivia Bieler
Tzivia Bieler, her mother, Ida Rosen, and her youngest daughter, Dena Bieler, gather for Dena’s bat mitzvah. (All photos courtesy Tzivia Bieler)
March 6, 2025, 9:59 am
What I learned from my mother
A daughter reflects on trust, religion, integrity, and moisturizing
By Tzivia Bieler
Ms. Bieler’s 15-year-old son on that 1992 family trip to Arizona that brought the cactus to Teaneck.
October 16, 2024, 2:57 pm
The lesson of a cactus
My sturdy, flourishing plant has a great deal to teach about the Jewish spirit
By Tzivia Bieler
Estair is on the firing range.
July 3, 2024, 9:55 am
My princess with a gun
Tzivia Bieler
By Tzivia Bieler
Ida Rosen holds her daughter Tzivia, around 1948-1949.
May 9, 2024, 9:56 am
Lost and found opportunities
By Tzivia Bieler
Raanan at work.
February 29, 2024, 9:54 am
Brushing away the shadows
An IDF reservist — and grandson — fights PTSD, grows through his art
By Tzivia Bieler
Tzivia Bieler with her oldest daughter.
November 30, 2023, 9:55 am
‘One day’
Our correspondent’s thoughts as she prepares to go to Israel to see her daughter’s family
By Tzivia Bieler
Tzivia Bieler
September 21, 2023, 9:57 am
No more Goody Two Shoes?
Our correspondent considers what it means to be a Scaredy-Cat
By Tzivia Bieler
Decades later, in 2010, grown-up Ida Rosen and Tzivia Bieler.
August 2, 2023, 4:55 pm
When an injection is a miracle
Our correspondent reflects on genetic inheritance, macular degeneration, and modern medicine
By Tzivia Bieler
On erev Pesach, just before the sun set over Israel, Tzivia Bieler stands with three of her granddaughters, Tselya, Estair, and Hadar Kwalbrun.
June 1, 2023, 3:27 pm
Welcoming the unpredictable
Staying playful, even after you can keep your shoes on
By Tzivia Bieler
Tzivia Bieler smiles at a grandson’s bar mitzvah in Israel.
April 20, 2023, 9:57 am
Not so laid back
Reflections on the root and meaning of spinal pain
By Tzivia Bieler
Tzivia Bieler is flanked by her two grandsons named Dov — Dov Avichai, left, and Dov Betzalel.
February 1, 2023, 5:54 pm
The power of time and memories
By Tzivia Bieler
These are the graves of Tzivia Bieler’s paternal grandparents, along with closeups of the photographs on the tombstones. (All photos courtesy Trivia Bieler)
November 16, 2022, 5:54 pm
Finally learning about my dad’s family
Our correspondent and her family find her family’s graves
By Tzivia Bieler
Water thunders down at Niagra Falls; inset, Tzivia Bieler and her grandson, Chayim Tzvi Schneider. (Chayim Tzvi Schneider)
August 24, 2022, 6:00 pm
Lessons from waterfalls
A grandmother and her photographer grandson look at water, think about life
By Tzivia Bieler
Tzivia Bieler, right, is next to her daughter, Lara Kwalbrun. From left, she’s with her son-in-law, Dr. Mark Kwalbrun, and some of the Kwalbruns’ kids — Estair, Tselya, Hadar, Chaki, and Raanan.
June 15, 2022, 4:58 pm
It’s all uphill on Mother’s Day
By Tzivia Bieler
Esther and Dr. Meyer Bieler stand in the trailer’s small kitchen.
March 2, 2022, 5:51 pm
A magical perspective
By Tzivia Bieler
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