How to be half-Russian, half-Orthodox, and half-religious, but a whole Jew.
At one point, Jewish communities really looked out for women seeking a get. Today that's changed. And now my wife is in danger for fighting for change.
Hitbodedut (hisboididus, if you live in Brooklyn) is the practice of talking to G-d in your own words, also known as "personal prayer". The word means literally "self seclusion," but if you are like me (you don't have time or patience to sit in a room and talk to G-d) you can do it on the street.
How many times do we as women push ourselves to go to sleep “just an hour later”, skip that meal, run out to do a chore that “can’t wait until tomorrow” because we hear our families singing Eishet Chayil in our heads and wish we felt like we deserved it?
"It was in that moment that I was hit with the realization that this was a man who had never loved anyone."
Because sometimes you write your story down, even though you'd rather just scream.
I need you for my starry-eyed revolution, my sexy insurrection.
I am talking about a desirous uprising.
Who will join my love-army of Cosmic Carrots?
Between paternalism and passivity, solidarity and self-righteousness, the ever-process of understanding begins with an admission of irreparable ignorance.
Bad treatment brings challenge, adventure, and humor if you open your mind.