I started going out with my husband, Gary exactly 20 years ago. Only a few days after we started going out, I had the…
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 United (Nothing) Nations
Our Israeli tour guide, Dina, a feisty, middle-aged woman, was originally from Egypt. Her family had a thousand year history there, but was forced…
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…
Love Song From Kiev
I am currently between names. I have given up my girl name, but I have not found the right boy name for me yet.…
Atonement
1. I held my breath as my grandfather wound the tefillim’s narrow leather strap around his bicep to hold the small black box in…
A Child’s Garden of Purses
I let her play dress up With closet treasures. Sedate boxy handbags carefully stuffed with tissue paper. Italian leather satchels treated with saddle soap…
Trump, the Travel Ban, and the Jews
The Supreme Court in the United States ruled recently, in a 5 to 4 decision, to uphold President Trump’s travel ban. There are fifty…