Pre-Tending
by Dr. David Sanders In her article, Many Masks, Many Selves, Professor Wendy Doniger relates the following: “When Ronald Reagan auditioned for the role of the President of the United States in the 1960 Broadway production of Gore Vidal’s play, The Best Man, about the presidential election, Vidal turned him
Celebrating our differences: Jewish Disabilities Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month (JDAIM)
In February, we celebrate Jewish Disabilities Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month. (JDAIM). As the Executive Director of a forward-thinking organization, and having had a son with disabilities, I often feel like I know of what I speak. However, a well-meaning student highlighted ‘ableist’ language in a curriculum I shared, and
Planting Hope
by Dr. David Sanders Carob is an acquired taste especially for a child. Every year, in the winter, on the holiday of Tu b’Shevat (Festival of New Trees) we were treated to raw carob. Most of my classmates after one bite promptly spit it out. After years of doing the
Kabbalah Experience Tu B’Shevat Seder
This Tu B’Shevat Seder, created by Dr. David Sanders, guides the reader with poetry, song, food, and reflections on the mystical four worlds, and how we traverse them. Tu B’Shevat is one of the four new years on the Jewish calendar, celebrating the birthday of the trees. It often falls
For All These Things
by Melanie Gruenwald For all these things A song by Naomi Shemer Every bee that brings the honey Needs a sting to be complete And we all must learn to taste the bitter with the sweet. On this fifth secular anniversary of our son, Koby’s (of blessed memory), death—showing up
Holding Opposites
by Dr. David Sanders It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season
