Image by Vicki Nunn from Pixabay As the final assignment for one of the classes I’m taking at rabbinical school, I am creating an adult education program on a topic that reflects my own life experience. I don’t yet know when (or indeed whether) I would offer it to real people, but it got me … Continue reading Are You Getting the Support You Need?
Month: February 2024
If Not Now, When?
Image by Annette from Pixabay I’m still celebrating my birthday … my Hebrew birthday! I was born in a leap year in the Hebrew calendar, which is an extremely complicated combined lunar and solar calendar. This means that in every cycle of 19 years, 7 of them have an extra month intercalated, to keep all … Continue reading If Not Now, When?
Let’s Talk About Chocolate
Image by Jill Wellington from Pixabay Happy Valentine's Day! Today is my birthday - 62 times around the sun. There are many disadvantages to having been born on February 14th, but the easy availability of sappy birthday cards and chocolate is definitely not one of them. The other day I realised, with some sadness, that … Continue reading Let’s Talk About Chocolate
Return and Get It
Image by Richard Brown from Pixabay I was recently privileged to learn from an American Black Jewish community leader, Shahanna McKinney Baldon. One of the concepts she mentioned was Sankofa - a Ghanaian term meaning “Return and get it”. The word enjoins its hearers to respect the past, while building for the future. You can … Continue reading Return and Get It