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Yocheved Sidof is a writer, educator, speaker and social entrepreneur. After a decade as filmmaker and phorographer, in 2010, she founded a grassroots, progressive Chassidic school, Lamplighers Yeshivah, that gained international acclaim. She's a mom of five, just-getting-started meditator, avid dreamer, and willful doer. Stop by and say hi if you're in Crown Heights.
On transformation - and the space in between all the stops along the way.
To every single one of you, fellow Jewish brothers and sisters, who live in Israel, I say...
The reason why Jewish children are not accepted into local schools -- and what can be done.
My husband regularly goes out of the country for business (like now) and when’s he’s gone, my life is a...
I miss the Land. The air. The views. The people. So yes, the trip was special. But there's more.
Moments hold meaning. But do they change our lives in real, sustainable, ever-lasting ways?
A conversation about how to honor people, the Torah, and the nuances of public vs. private life turns into a conversation about how we define frum -- about what makes an observant person observant.
And here’s where I start to get uncomfortable.
And then I see that which I can not un-see. What it looks like when a car so barbarically hits an elderly man. What it looks like when the Angel of Death wrestles Man. What it looks like when spirit starts to fade from matter.
I’m lonely for a real leader. I’m surrounded by charismatic pulpit Rabbis, authors, lecturers, Halachic geniuses and community activists-- yet something is missing. I don’t feel like there’s anyone out there fighting for me.
All this is hard. As much as I wish I could be soft with myself and understanding and even compassionate, I can be excruciatingly mean.
