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Oct 18, 2023, 1:02 AM
Given the Ear of the World, What Would I Say?
Yom HaZikaron, 2015, cemetery prayers. From a photo owned by the author.
While speaking about antisemitism the other day I was asked what I would say to the world about the current situation in Israel. I answered briefly, noting that war is never good, and that Israel must go on. Later I realized that I really would...
Aug 6, 2023, 3:13 AM
Media Statement on the Death Penalty
Media Statement on Death Penalty, artwork by Audrey N. Glickman. Used with permission.
Gentle readers, following is the media statement I contributed to our rather large press conference following the decision of the jury in the U.S. District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania, that the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter should be sentenced to death.  Among us survivors and family...
Jul 17, 2023, 7:25 AM
The Common Denominator Is Not So Common
The Venn diagram is barely meeting, let alone fully overlapping. Image by Audrey N. Glickman, used by permission.
It was an odd confluence. I had a large pile of mail to sort through; my son was taking an online university course; and we were in the middle of the trial of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter. The mail comprised requests for donations from various...
May 17, 2023, 9:59 PM
The Jonah People
Logo of The Jonah People: A Legacy of Struggle & Triumph, by Hannibal Lokumbe. Used with permission.
Before us was a spectacle, yet it was incredibly intimate. Within us grew its fire: we were both ignited and consumed. It collectively blew away the audience of several hundred, and it touched the core of each individual present. We went to Nashville, Tennessee, to...
Apr 6, 2023, 11:44 PM
Concerning “Judaism in a Digital Age” by Danny Schiff. Part 2.
"Blank Scroll" created and owned by Audrey N. Glickman, acrylic on envelope. Used with permission.
This is Part 2 of a contemplation of this book, which again I recommend as an important read, by an author whom, again, I hold in high regard. Many concepts that the author points out in Judaism in a Digital Age are not unfamiliar to fans...
Apr 6, 2023, 6:13 AM
Concerning “Judaism in a Digital Age” by Danny Schiff. Part 1.
"Blank Scroll" created and owned by Audrey N. Glickman, acrylic on envelope. Used with permission.
Judaism in a Digital Age, a new book by Danny Schiff, is to me a delightful push in a necessary direction not only for non-Orthodox Jews but for all of us.  Please consider it mandatory reading in the school of Jewish life.  I put this...
Jan 1, 2023, 6:10 AM
We Were Targeted
Blood/Earth Crumble, by Audrey N. Glickman, used with permission.
We were targeted and shot at, and some of us were killed. Some survived, most of us grateful for the training we had received from security expert Brad Orsini,  now with Secure Community Network, whose work we absolutely recommend.  Gentle reader, wherever you live, whatever...
Oct 8, 2022, 12:15 PM
My Journey with Concussion
"Bright Light" by Audrey N. Glickman, used with permission.
Walked headfirst right into a glass door. Lost a month of shofar practice.  And possibly may have lost more than that. It’s a door that’s nearly always open – I’ve seen it closed only a couple times in the six years I’ve worked in my...
Aug 31, 2022, 7:12 AM
Who Cares What the Candidate Said Last Night?
Cut the Baloney! Image owned by Audrey N. Glickman, used with permission.
A news report replaying as I write this tells us that last night at a campaign event U.S. Senate candidate Mehmet Oz was calling for fellow candidate John Fetterman to come out and debate.  Actually, Oz was making insinuations and innuendos at a person who...
Jul 25, 2022, 6:30 AM
Two Jews in a Room
"Consensus" by Audrey N. Glickman. Used with permission.
You have likely heard it before:  Put two Jews in a room and you get three opinions. In this divided, polarized world, the realization (by both Jews and non-Jews) of that quip would definitely be a positive, it is exactly what we need:  the ability to hold...
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About Me
Author of POCKETS: The Problem with Society Is in Women's Clothing (www.AudreyGlickman.com), Audrey N. Glickman is a rabbi’s assistant, with prior experience in nonprofits, government, advertising, and as a legal secretary. A native Pittsburgher, Audrey has served on many boards, organizations, and committees, advocating for many causes, including equal rights, secure recountable voting, preserving the earth, good government, improving institutions, and understanding and tending to our fellow human beings.