The difference between what those in the Diaspora are doing with their bodies and what Israelis are doing with their hearts.
I regret those words as soon as I think them. But it’s true.
I had only published a handful controversial articles, but the ones I had published seemed to elicit such huge and negative responses that I wanted out.
Elizabeth's favorite childhood anecdote, revisited and reimagined in free verse.
Often we focus in Elul on what we did wrong,
sometimes we need to focus on what we didn’t do,
sometimes we need to promise to do more,
not to do "better" at what we already know
let those familiar things turn numb.
I had just arrived from Israel. I was scared to wear a kippah. My rabbi disagreed. But it was renting a car that changed everything for me.
A discussion with the creator of the Misaviv Hebrew Circle Calendar.
