28 Jan We Don’t Get To Forget
Yesterday was International Holocaust Remembrance Day. I never thought much about the Holocaust growing up. My grandparents came to America early in the 20th century. I lost distant cousins that...
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29 Oct Standing in Solidarity
First the shock, the disbelief and later the grief and anger. I woke up again this morning with a nauseous, tight feeling deep in my stomach; tears still spring quickly...
02 Oct All Beginnings Are Hard
Kol Hatchilot Quashot: “All beginnings are hard.” This expression has German and Hebrew roots, but it resonates with people no matter what language translation is used. Change is hard. I...
15 May A Most Unusual Shavuot
This year, Shavuot is from May 19th to 21st. God promised the Jewish people that their agricultural results would differ from that of all other nations. This promise to Israel...
26 Apr For love is strong as death
Tragedy has struck the heart of Toronto and all of us are walking around daily in different stages of grief. For those who have lost family and friends in this...
28 Dec No Christmas Without Hanukkah?
We’ve celebrated Hanukkah, we’ve celebrated Christmas, and all that’s left is New Years. The hustle and bustle of this season just flies by, eh? I’m going to make a bold statement...
18 Apr Elements – From Exile to Liberation
I have trouble calling Passover a holiday. To me, Passover is a solemn occasion where I am continually reminded not only of the slavery of my ancestors, but also my...
17 Apr Strangers No More
The discovery of Narnia is one of the most familiar scenes in children’s literature. Lucy enters the wardrobe and finds a world in which it is “always winter and never...
15 Mar Wonderful Winter Weekend 2017
Hello! Ketzia (a.k.a Sneezy) here! This year, I was lucky to be able to go to Wonderful Winter Weekend. I hadn’t been able to go in quite a while because of...
21 Feb Joy: Jewish, Poet, Seeker, and the Woman Who Captivated C.S. Lewis
Joy Davidman was the wife of C. S. Lewis. Their marriage was memorialized in the film Shadowlands and Lewis’s memoir, A Grief Observed. Davidman was a poet and radical and an...