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Jodi L. Goldfinger

Stuffed with feelings, like a good kishka should be.

Dec 10, 2025, 10:06 PM

The Names History Forgot: Why I Won’t Let My Ancestors Die a Third Time

Image of a women updating her family tree to reflect a women's name instead of daughter | Created by Jodi L. Goldfinger using ChatGPT and edited using Adobe tools on December 10, 2025 via chat.openai.com

In a post that has been circulating online, the author explains the concept of pedigree collapse - the idea that, although the math suggests each generation doubles our number of ancestors, human communities historically overlapped so much that we...

Oct 14, 2025, 9:32 AM

We Carried Their Names: Because Silence Was Never an Option

Hope kept the fire alive in our hearts. When the world went silent, the lions roared. For two long and dreadful years, our people fought - some in uniform, and for the rest of us, in the only ways we could: through voices, vigils,...

Sep 8, 2025, 6:16 AM

Congregation Hijacked! Antisemitism Assembly Derailed by Drama

A private Toronto Jewish forum meant for dialogue was disrupted by theatrics, division, and clickbait chaos. Antisemitism is rising at alarming rates in universities, public schools, workplaces, and civic spaces. For many Jewish communities, our challenge isn’t only external hatred,...

Jul 15, 2025, 12:33 AM

Holding My Humanity in a World Losing its Own

"I’ve always believed that fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity." It's a line I’ve carried with me most of my life, because I’ve always felt its truth in my bones. I hate war. I hate violence. I...

About Me

Jodi L. Goldfinger is a Toronto-based business owner, creative, and certified coach whose writing explores identity, reflection, and what it means to be Jewish in today’s world. She believes personal storytelling can humanize complexity and bridge divides. Her work ranges from serious and introspective to sharp, comedic, and sarcastic. When she’s not writing, Jodi is usually painting, tracing her ancestry, or fantasizing about running off to the forest — ideally with snacks, her vinyl collection, and decent WiFi.