Do you have a theme?” asked the baker in the cake store. “Baseball? Superheroes? Fire engines?” My son was about to celebrate his second…
A Call for Change
Today, I acknowledge the Boon Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation, and pay my respects to their elders: past, present and emerging. I do…
The She’ela Festival: Connection, Collaboration and Being Welcomed
The She’ela Festival showcases some of the many talented and remarkable women in the Melbourne Jewish community and beyond. It is a unique opportunity for women…
We Should Not Have To Live In Fear – The School Responds
I have now read Claire’s article four times. Each time I am deeply saddened by the experiences that she has had to endure, and…
The Musical Journey of a College Nigun Circle
It’s a rainy, dark, cold Monday night, and I am surrounded by an Ethnomusicology graduate student from France, a freshman Dance and Neuroscience double-major,…
They aren’t my grandparents, I’m adopted
I was four years old when I was told that I had been adopted when I was a baby. Not that a four year…
Baseless love – the only solution to its antithesis
Bus rides- a somewhat stressful experience. First, comes the frantic search for my bus card, moving quickly so not to hold up the line…
When #MeToo isn’t enough
When we hear stories about men intimidating women or touching them inappropriately we imagine what we would do if we were caught up in…
Needing Help
When I was 11-years-old I went to the first Bat Mitzva of our class. Well, I went to the shul where it was taking…
Guided by a very Jewish value
I met Mr. E at a poetry reading. Hong Kong’s literary scene is small and two Americans reading in one evening was an unusual…