Spirituality & Faith / 16 May 2019
How I Found The Divine In Live Music
How a summer of concerts helped get me in touch with the divine.
Book Club / 14 May 2019
Nathan Englander’s New Book Hearkens Back To His Religious Roots
An interview with author Nathan Englander about his new book kaddish.com.
Grief & Coping / 09 May 2019
How The Massacre At My Pittsburgh Synagogue Changed My Idea Of Home
How I turned longing into belonging.
Building New Identities / 07 May 2019
How Judaism Helped Me Awaken My Sexuality At Age 70
How I learned to overcome the harmful messages about sexuality my parents were sending me.
Book Club / 02 May 2019
Mother Night: We Are What We Pretend To Be
In Mother Night, Vonnegut shows how our pretenses ultimately define us.
Trying to accept my body in a world that tells me that only perfect bodies are desirable....
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Spirituality & Faith |
April 25, 2018
Can You Have A Peaceful Shabbat Without Fences To Keep The World Out?
Perhaps it's only by keeping the world out that we are able to really enjoy rest and family time....
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The recently deceased Ursula K Le Guin's imaginative writing was a form of activism....
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Spirituality & Faith |
April 19, 2018
Within The Easter Story Lie The Seeds Of All Life’s Experiences
The Easter memories of my youth....
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Bring The Sacred Down To Earth |
April 18, 2018
The Holocaust Memorial That Reminded Me Of The Impact Of Each Life
The Stumbling Stones Project memorializes Holocaust victims throughout Europe, in each of the places they called home....
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Alfred Hitchcock created a sense of unease in Vertigo by casting Jimmy Stewart, America's golden child, as a man of questionable character....
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