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Maiyan Karidi
Maiyan Karidi
Jan 26, 2020, 10:40 AM
Song for artists
Tree of Life
Inspiration arrives like a cool breeze on a hot day or an orange flame on a chilly night a whim a glance an insight a wave on calm waters a storm at sea a vision in the night a passion impulsive spontaneous without warning a butterfly landing on our hand spreading its...
Ataya NessAiver
Ataya NessAiver
Jan 21, 2020, 8:38 PM
Steam and the Search for Infinity
The steam rises. Swirling, coiling ‘round itself in an excitement paralleled only by the flames that heat it. It bursts forth from its liquid brother, yearning to explore and unite itself with the surrounding world, transferring both aroma and...
Sharona Margolin Halickman
Sharona Margolin Halickman
Jan 16, 2020, 9:50 PM
Was Batya’s visit to the Nile a coincidence?
In Parshat Shmot (Shmot 2:5-6), we find a very unusual occurrence: Pharaoh’s daughter went down to bathe by the river, while her maids walked along the river’s edge. She saw (vatere) the basket among the reeds and sent her maid...
Andy Blumenthal
Andy Blumenthal
Jan 11, 2020, 12:04 AM
A Vision of Jewish Strength
As we all know by now, there has been an alarming series of anti-Semitic attacks against the Jewish community in America, not dissimilar to what we have seen in recent years in Europe.  The reaction of the Jewish community...
Harry Zeitlin
Harry Zeitlin
Jan 10, 2020, 6:48 PM
Mindfulness
When reading philosophy, especially spiritual philosophy of various world religions, I'm always struck by how completely unknown any authentic Jewish wisdom is in the outer world. Of course, I take much of it for granted since it's the dominant...
Leonard Grunstein
Leonard Grunstein
Jan 10, 2020, 6:23 AM
A life well-lived
‘And Jacob Lived’ are the first words of this week’s Torah reading. It would appear to be somewhat of a misnomer given that the Biblical text describes the last days and interment of our Patriarch Jacob. Nevertheless, it is...
Ariel Goldberg
Ariel Goldberg
Jan 9, 2020, 9:49 PM
Holding strong, reaching out, facing anti-Semitism
V'hei shamda l'avoteynu v'lanu. "You have stood with our ancestors and with us.  (Evildoers) did not arise only singly and at one time to destroy us (but again and again). And the holy one blessed be he preserved us...
Neshama Carlebach
Neshama Carlebach
Jan 7, 2020, 6:13 PM
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Learning to believe again
(illustration by Avi Katz)
On this new stage of my journey, my father is no longer the center of my healing process; I now know we each have our own inner work to do
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