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Communal Acts of Private Intimacy: A Review of Trisha Arlin’s Place Yourself
By Alden Solovy
August 5, 2019
Prayer can give strength to activists. Prayer can remind us of our best selves, helping to galvanize action.
Marking My Jewish Journey Through Tattoos
By Madeleine Fortney
July 30, 2019
My body is a colorful passport: my passage through life marked with stamps from destinations along the way.
From Revelation to Resilience: Sefirat ha’Aveilut from Shavuot to Tisha b’Av
By Karen Erlichman and Caryn Aviv
July 15, 2019
This period of time is a coming out of sorts ... peeling off our layers to allow the unvarnished essence of true self to emerge
Palestinian and Israeli Peace Activists Translate the Wisdom of Etty Hillesum
By Hila Ratzabi
June 21, 2019
While she was in Auschwitz, she heard a voice: “I did not die so you can hate each other.” 
Wearing My Scars Proudly: On Creating a Mikveh Ceremony for a Double Mascectomy
By Eli Deush K.
June 4, 2019
It was important to me to say goodbye to my old body ... taking a vow to wear my scars proudly. 
The Sea Calls Me Home: A Ritualwell Meditation and Playlist for Passover
By Shoshana Lovett-Graff
April 18, 2019
Let the redemptive power of water wash over you with this elemental meditation and playlist for Passover. 
Liberating the Creative Self through the Omer
By D’vorah Horn
April 7, 2019
I am liberating myself, I am crossing the yam soof into the unknown
Journeying through the Siddur: A Review of Alden Solovy's This Joyous Soul
By Trisha Arlin
March 31, 2019
The Amidah section in my copy of This Joyous Soul is a sea of dog ears
Prayer for Victims of New Zealand Terror Attack
By Stacey Zisook Robinson
March 17, 2019
There is no place that God is not / Even in the barrel of a gun
Marie Kondo & Mussar: Cleansing Home and Soul
By Rabbi Elyssa Cherney
March 13, 2019
Finding joy with conscious tidying

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