I love Shabbat!! Every time another Friday rolls around and I remember that Shabbat is nearly here, I am so grateful that our culture…
Learning the difference between “want” and “need” through a year of giving
There are some phrases, when uttered by any of my three teenaged children that have the same effect on me as chalk on a blackboard.…
J-Seek: Re-imagining Our Community
Whether you love it or hate it, you probably cannot resist using it. Over the past year, the Facebook group J-Seek has become the…
The Lodz Rabbi’s Wedding.
The most unexpected joy I had on my recent 4 day trip to find my Polish roots, is one I was, sadly, unable to…
Inner City Jew
I am a fabled Jew of the North, of the red lipstick wearing, Radio National quoting, back yard chook owner variety. I am conversant…
Transmitting and Transforming: Can our youth movements change the world?
The topic in one of my university subjects last week was ‘education and development.’ It involved considering the power of education and the influence…
Teenage Girls: Why Being 15 Doesn’t Need to Hurt
“Oh to be fifteen again!”, exclaimed my Nana last week at a cousin’s birthday. “Oh, on the contrary, to NOT be fifteen again,” I quietly…
Shaking it up with song
We all know the women of the folk movement: Infamous 27-club member Janis Joplin who yelled of heart-break, while draped in feathers and beads.…
Silver Platters and Judaism After VCE
When I whinge to my more ‘normal’ friends about how I wish I was back in VCE, I am met with strange looks of…
What I learned about the community from Minecraft
My girls play Minecraft. I don’t pretend to understand it. I was just relieved they’d put Barbie down and picked up blocky shaped people.…