I Don't Know How to Pray!?
The few brief words I say out loud into the air, I hope are going to be heard by the Cosmic Source of the Universe. And I'm hearing them. So that makes, at least, kind of two of us. But I also am...
View ArticleEnjoying Nature
Just looking around, the life lessons are plentiful. We learn that a plant plucked from its source quickly wilts and then withers. And that's just how we feel when we get disconnected from what gives...
View ArticleOur Last Sukkah?
Every year, we would tell the story of how we first met each other inside a sukkah in Jerusalem, and how the sukkah slowly transformed into a wedding canopy...
View ArticleWhat Do I Stand For?
It was the twenty-fifth of December, and when she closes her eyes she remembers, just how it was. A Jewish girl from Queens had fulfilled her secret dreams, decorating that bright, forbidden tree...
View ArticleThe Incomparable Joy of Being Heard
We all want to be heard, but it is so hard to really listen – even to ourselves! Just about all of us have come to think of education as being about bringing knowledge from the outside in, not from the...
View ArticleAre You Hiding That Cruse of Oil?
<p>If you’re feeling disappointed this Chanukah, after lots of buildup beforehand, maybe it’s because you can’t find your hidden cruse of oil. Maybe you are a single, feeling lonely tonight; or a...
View ArticleThings You Need to Know About Child Molesters
Although all children are at risk, child molesters particularly seek out shy and naive children; children with disabilities; and children who are experiencing loneliness, emotional neglect or strong...
View ArticleMy Mirror’s Message
Iit’s perfectly natural for us to feel disconnected from our aging images. What makes us truly who we are, our essence, doesn’t get old—ever. Our bodies decline with time, but our souls don’t decline...
View Article“Why Do You Care If My Boyfriend Is Not Jewish?”
Although my life appears to be headed in a great direction, I feel more and more like I am getting lost.
View ArticleNurturing Spirituality
No matter what dirt tries to attach to our souls—and it surely will—our souls remain pure. We just need to learn how to see that.
View ArticleWhy Can’t They Just Get Over It?
Often, well-meaning people are not able to understand why many survivors of abuse are not able to “just get over it.” When one understands the mechanisms of the brain and the way it stores and...
View ArticleAre You in the Dark Too?
We learn our uniquely designed lessons from our limitations and from our lows. Somehow, we need the darkness for our essence to emerge as well.
View ArticleLeaves
Autumn leaves are the Bright, exuberant ones that Take my breath away. And there are Crackling, brittle fragile Ones, That must be handled Oh so gently, Having lived full lives. What they had in spring...
View ArticleWhat Do I Stand For?
It was the twenty-fifth of December, and when she closes her eyes she remembers, just how it was. A Jewish girl from Queens had fulfilled her secret dreams, decorating that bright, forbidden tree...
View ArticleThe Incomparable Joy of Being Heard
We all want to be heard, but it is so hard to really listen – even to ourselves! Just about all of us have come to think of education as being about bringing knowledge from the outside in, not from the...
View ArticleAre You Hiding That Cruse of Oil?
If you’re feeling disappointed this Chanukah, after lots of buildup beforehand, maybe it’s because you can’t find your hidden cruse of oil. Maybe you are a single, feeling lonely tonight; or a parent...
View ArticleThings You Need to Know About Child Molesters
Although all children are at risk, child molesters particularly seek out shy and naive children; children with disabilities; and children who are experiencing loneliness, emotional neglect or strong...
View ArticleMy Mirror’s Message
Iit’s perfectly natural for us to feel disconnected from our aging images. What makes us truly who we are, our essence, doesn’t get old—ever. Our bodies decline with time, but our souls don’t decline...
View Article“Why Do You Care If My Boyfriend Is Not Jewish?”
Although my life appears to be headed in a great direction, I feel more and more like I am getting lost.
View ArticleNurturing Spirituality
No matter what dirt tries to attach to our souls—and it surely will—our souls remain pure. We just need to learn how to see that.
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