Intimacy is a scar Wrapped around the boy’s arm, A motorbike accident, I touched it, He hates it. I wanted it to be something…
The man who searched for the most secular Jew in the world
My mother used to tell a story about the man who searched for the most Secular Jew in the world. The man was desperate…
Next Year in Melbourne
As I cooked, I cleaned out my cupboard for Passover, a little cumin at the bottom of the bottle, an old spice mixture I…
Micro-Resource Bank -the power of cooperation
If you wish to ask someone for money, you must state your case by telling your story. This is true if you are offering…
Let’s Be Frank
From the first time I saw it, I was unable to get it out of my head. A picture. It was of a participant…
Exile Never Felt So Good
‘Opinions are like arseholes: everybody’s got one’ – Albert Einstein Ok. Einstein probably never said that. In fact, it may have been my…
Why do you care how I pray?
Today was the first day of a new month on the Jewish calendar. I attended an early morning service run by Women of the Wall…
Never again
I was invited to spend Shabbat with some new friends of mine and was really looking forward to finally sitting down after a frantic…
Making Sense of Loss
Part 2: Reflections Jews don’t ritually mourn a miscarriage, a stillbirth or even an infant who dies in the first thirty days of life. …
Labouring Through Loss
Part 1 – The event: Last Saturday, the 4th of February, I delivered a stillborn baby. Like so many women who have lived before…