Ilana Cowland

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Oct 7, 2024, 9:02 PM

An open letter to antisemitism

I always told my kids this. As long as it's politically incorrect to be antisemitic, you'll be safe. The minute the social fashion changes, you'd better run for the hills. But now that it's happened, I changed my mind. I kind...

Jul 26, 2024, 1:35 AM

How free should speech be?

Isn't it wonderful to be able to blog? Whether or not the blog gets read, or featured, what a sign of the times it is (no pun intended), that any old person can write their thoughts, without being a...

May 20, 2024, 9:12 AM

Mothers in Anguish

To be a mother means to never sleep well again. And that's not just because you have a baby who wakes you at night. It's because you now love someone so deeply and so wholly, that the possibility of...

May 15, 2024, 12:17 AM

From the river to the sea – actually?

This is the chant we are hearing on campuses across America. Ask the chanters, which river and which sea, the likelihood is, they won't know. Of course, we know. What they are saying is that, from the Jordan River...

Apr 14, 2024, 6:22 PM

World leaders need a lesson in parenting

We are truly living through miraculous times. I'm not sure I've fully processed it all. At 10:45 p.m., I got a message. "It has started." Iran has launched the attack. The buttons have been pressed. The drones have departed and are heading...

Apr 3, 2024, 11:59 AM

Kornreich vs. Dunner: A Haredi woman’s opinion

Jewish Orthodox man and woman waiting for the train, near Jaffa Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, Israel. (iStock)

To claim 'all Haredim' feel one way lacks nuance, which may be the real problem to begin with

Apr 2, 2024, 12:21 PM

Here we are again

Purim is over. The hangovers have almost worn off, the cellophane has been binned, the candies and wafers have been eaten or thrown away. The supermarkets are now lined with every type of bleach imaginable. As we approach Pesach,...

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About Me

Ilana Cowland is an educator, relationships coach, international lecturer and author of "The Moderately Anxious Everybody."