Before All the World: A Creative Conversation with Moriel Rothman-Zecher
Join us for an intimate, interactive online gathering with award-winning author Moriel Rothman-Zecher as we explore his bold, genre-bending novel ‘Before All the World.’ This is more than a reading—it’s a conversation about writing, identity, and the sacred work of storytelling. Bring your curiosity, your questions, and your writer’s heart.
Yom Kippur Cemetery/Grave Measuring and Soul Candle Making: A Ritual Guide
In many Eastern European Jewish communities in the week between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, women would gather to make soul candles or neshome likht. The tekhines or […]
Cemetery/Grave Measuring and Soul Candle Making: A Ritual Guide
In in times of crisis such as during a plague, a difficult childbirth or a severe illness, Ashkenazi Jewish women used to measure graves and cemeteries with thread. […]
