What happens when we start actually giving voice to those who don't fit with the prevailing mainstream narrative of a culture? This question and more is discussed in this week's episode of HevriaCast, featuring Isaiah Rothstein.
Womanhood, and my struggle to contend with its many definitions and impressions on my life. Honest reflections on girlhood and growth, and the revolution of the sacred feminine.
For as long as I can remember, I’ve been an early riser. There’s a lovely rhythm to those first waking moments when it's not quite dawn, but night has begun to make its retreat. I'm glad to have that time all to myself, to let it shake the hazy visions from my sleepy imagination. I slowly wade into the ocean of a new day until my body decides it's ready to submerge. Having shoplifted an extra 30 or 45 or 70 minutes from the cosmic stores, I swim off to find myself in the stillness.
People in Disney World are kind and courteous. They are also being emotionally pampered by dozens of workers during their visit. Good places inspire people to give what they get.
Is Yeshiva education still relevant in a secular world?
I inventoried, checked boxes, made graphs. It all adds up to nothing, zilch, nada.
Neshamas try to understand G-d's will.
The road to Jewish observance has felt like a constant process of disillusionment. But it was in that disillusionment that I learned to forge my own path.
The Leviim Gallery exemplifies Chabad ideals.
