Dana Janine Diamond, at The Blogs

Sep 21, 2018, 1:22 PM

This phrase usually refers to how many people you've had sex with. It's the number you share -- or not -- with your current significant other. It's the number that once defined whether you were "a good girl" --...

Sep 16, 2018, 10:10 AM

Regrets

The moment of repentance is nearly upon us I used to be a good person maybe I don't know anymore it's all convoluted and confused by all the rape and abuse and maybe I never thought I was good? After my ex-husband tried to kill me, I used to...

Aug 18, 2018, 8:05 AM

#Gratitude

Retired Lt. Col Ralph Peters (recent Fox News commentator) was mesmerizing tonight on MSNBC's The Beat with Ari Melber. He launched into a near jaw-dropping sermon. "Trump's core supporters are fundamentally un-American. They and Trump think our Constitution is a...

Aug 8, 2018, 10:08 PM

Jewish Geography

We recently lived in the rural country for several years and loved the beauty and peace and quiet. But more often than we'd like, we saw trucks going by, proudly waving the Confederate flag. Once my daughter and I...

Aug 3, 2018, 6:45 PM

The Courage to Change

I was so sick this past month that I just skimmed the news. That should tell you how ill I was. But I have to say... standing near the podium yesterday with all the heads of national security reiterating...

Jun 28, 2018, 4:03 PM

America’s Farewell to Judeo

I conducted research on this since the election. A lot of people voted for Trump because they wanted Gorsuch, because their Christian religion values embryos equally or even over actual human life. This is not true in the Jewish...

May 27, 2018, 8:07 PM

Saluting the Brave

You can count on me to be a voice of good cheer on this holiday weekend. More school children were gunned down in America than US soldiers were killed in battle last year. Black men are 13 times as likely to...

May 17, 2018, 10:43 PM

A Summer Camp Memoir

This is one that is hard to begin. About a week ago, Hannah Dreyfus reported in The Jewish Week (also published in Times of Israel) on suspicions of corruption surrounding Reform Jewish summer camp programs on child sex abuse....

May 9, 2018, 9:45 PM

When Darkness Comes to Light

When Trump bitched about Hillary's "Pay to Play" schemes, he wasn't outraged so much as deeply jealous. As a self-pronounced Greed-aholic, Trump has always been willing to do whatever it takes to get money - including money laundering, traitorous...

Apr 6, 2018, 9:18 AM

A New Tribe

Well, either Evangelical Christians believe, as this research demonstrates, that Trump was anointed by God, which is more cult voodoo than actual Christianity...or, they easily identify with sexual predators. 78% of Evangelicals STILL support Trump, only down 2% from the...

About Me

Dana is a Jewish feminist, writer and poet. She is passionate about her daughter, love, kindness, spirituality, the artist's voice, and speaking out for the vulnerable. She lives in Music City, Nashville, TN.