Leah Jacobson

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Sep 25, 2024, 1:58 PM

This Year, Let the Shofar Do the Talking

I don’t know about you, but I am approaching this High Holiday season with heightened emotions that run the gamut from trauma and trepidation to hope and inspiration. If I am being honest, the trauma and trepidation are far more...

Aug 12, 2024, 5:24 PM

Home improvement

It’s as natural as eating and breathing, or any part of the involuntary nervous system. You see a friend, you ask: “How are you doing?” You call someone: “How you doing?” You text all day long: “how r u?” And...

May 21, 2024, 12:30 AM

Back to Kindergarten

A wise person once said: “Everything I need to know in life I learned in kindergarten.” There is a simple truth in this statement that begs introspection as the world faces an existential crossroads. While it may seem that current events...

Apr 24, 2024, 11:42 AM

What side of history do you want to be on?

Students participate in a protest in support of Palestine and for free speech outside of the Columbia University campus on November 15, 2023, in New York City. (SPENCER PLATT / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)

There is so much noise, it can be hard to discern the values you agree with. Here are some tips to help you determine with whom you stand

Jan 24, 2024, 4:26 PM

Eicha in January: The Message of Perek Gimmel

The days, weeks and months pass by, and I still don’t have time to think. This is indicated by the fact that I still greet friends and acquaintances daily with a “How are you doing?”, immediately followed by a...

Nov 19, 2023, 1:49 PM

In the last few weeks, every time I kiss my granddaughter, I shed a few tears. A tear of sorrow for the grandchildren who were murdered on October 7. And their parents and grandparents and friends and caregivers and good...

Oct 24, 2023, 6:36 PM

‘…Who Performed Miracles for our Ancestors in Those Days, at This Time’

People often report that in the tense instances before defining moments in life, they “saw their life flash before their eyes”. I think that, as a nation, we are experiencing this phenomenon now. We are on the cusp of a...

Oct 12, 2023, 3:38 PM

We are not Broken I believe with complete belief in the coming of Mashiach Though I’m devastated And I’m outraged. I’m scared and I’m furious I’m shaken but I’m so hopeful I need to see but I can’t look I’m exhausted yet I can’t sleep I should eat. I can’t eat. And even...

Jan 3, 2023, 2:17 PM

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

It is my firm belief that there are no coincidences in life. Therefore, not only am I not surprised, but I’m delighted that the swearing in of the 37th Knesset of the State of Israel has taken place in...

May 29, 2018, 10:50 PM

That Epic Moment…

It was a beautiful night in Jerusalem. Too beautiful to be burying a 20-year-old soldier who died a brave warrior’s death. And yet there we were, hundreds of us at 2:00 a.m. on Saturday night, hearing of Ronen Lubarsky’s determination...

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About Me

Leah Jacobson made aliya to Raanana from Seattle with her husband and children in 2011. She is an artist, a Madrichat Kallot and a Jewish Educator. Her passion is integrating Torah learning with personal expression to keep our ancient texts relevant to modern life.