Listen, Israel…
There are a few articles about the Kotel and Women of the Wall in this month’s Sh’ma Journal about Holiness. As my friend Ellen Allard taught me in in her song, “Holy-Holiness” – “all around,...
View ArticleI’m free to do what I want?
Today’s Instructions: This post is a soundtracked musical journey. As you read, click play on the music clips – they will enhance your experience. Music clips are listed at the end. (Suggestion: turn...
View ArticleFear Less
Today’s journey – follow these instructions: 1. Before you read on – take a listen to this track clip – (the whole track is at the end). Take a second to get this into your consciousness. (Translation:...
View ArticleIn the meanwhile
In the meanwhile… I am happily married – I settled down in 2009 – living an unsettled/settled life. Settled in that I nest in our apartment, not feeling the need to go out all the time anymore....
View ArticleThe Real Me
WARNING – SOME SEXUALLY EXPLICIT PHOTOS BELOW. Two Girls. Britney Spears – Mickey Mouse Club Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana Set on a pedestal to be revered by little girls (and boys) – teaching values,...
View ArticleNew Practice on an Old Ritual
Someone once asked me what I do: Are you “religious”? What does that word religious mean, afterall? I do certain things in life religiously–like say “love you” at the end of phone conversations with...
View ArticleGet the heck out of your way…
One of my teachers, Dr. Gabe Goldman, gave me a lesson years ago about ego. He asked me to share one of my songs with him. (I’d just started songwriting a year or two before – but refused to let anyone...
View ArticleMall Rat
the mall Once upon a time, I was a Jewish suburban girl…hard to believe, right? But my world consisted of a small neighborhood with a big mall. I walked to the mall three blocks away first as 4th or...
View ArticleSafe Return – Ushmor Tzeiteinu
On May 25th – just around 2 months after the militant group in Nigeria – Boko Haram – kidnapped/abducted over 200 school girls from Chibok, Nigeria, my friend Tehilah Eisenstadt-Feil invited me to...
View ArticleA Blessing from Brokenness
February 18, 2014 was the day I came out. That’s what my friends told me, at least. I associate “coming out” with news from friends who came out as gay or lesbian, who wanted to stop repressing or...
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