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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,...

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I’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...

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Fear 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:...

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In 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....

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The 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,...

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New 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...

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Get 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...

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Mall 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...

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Safe 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...

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A 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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