Relationships & Family / 23 May 2022
On Birth, Rituals, and Transitions
They say that when a child is born, a mother is too. But what searchable ritual could possibly prepare me for such a thing?
There's More To You Than You Realize / 13 May 2022
Do We Create Or Discover Ourselves?
What role do we play in our own “becoming”?
Grief & Coping / 08 May 2022
Even After The Rituals, The Longing For My Mother Remains
The grief that remains after the rituals.
Art & Culture / 03 May 2022
A Rabbi’s Perspective On Jesus Christ Superstar
Why one rabbi is changing his mind about the show…
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December 15, 2021
Everything I need to know about dying with dignity I learned from a houseplant
Life lessons from a dying plant...
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Compassion for difficulties |
December 09, 2021
Forgiving My Grandpa For Surviving The Holocaust While His Family Died
Looking at him again now through post-pandemic eyes, Grandpa seems heroic....
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December 03, 2021
Have We Stopped Dreaming?
In times of prolonged pain, be it emotional or physical, our world constricts and perspectives contract. We focus on the moment-to-moment or the day-to-day. Right now, this describes many of us. The waves of pandemic (and waves of variants) evoke waves of trauma that we have yet to process. We have long since put aside aspirations of self-actualization and seek merely to preserve aspects of ourselves from two years ago. Uncertainty of the future is itself a source of pain, and we have stopped dreaming about what it might hold – or......
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The death of a grandparent can be traumatic to children of any age, especially during the pandemic....
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November 24, 2021
What does it mean to have enough?
Do you really have nothing?...
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November 23, 2021
Inviting Kids To Make History By Reading About Hanukkah: A conversation with Emily Singer, author of Gilgul
Emily Singer is the author of a new book — one receiving good attention in many quarters, including a warm review in a recent edition of the Jerusalem Post. The book is called Gilgul, and while it’s intended for middle-school-age readers, and would make a great Hanukkah gift for same, it carries a message we could all use — one combining great pride in ethnic/national/religious identity and genuinely embracing the idea that each particularity must connect with something larger than itself. I had the opportunity to “sit down” with Emily, despite the......
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Listen To The Names Of The Victims First
A video where Brad Hirschfield lists the victims names in the recent Orlando shooting. Because first we need to internalize a tragedy before we jump to speak.
