It seems that since I’ve been an adult, I’ve often been the one who leaves — moving from my childhood home in Illinois to college and graduate school in Indiana and Massachusetts, then off to Berkeley with my husband Ely to pursue his degrees and begin a family and then up to Seattle, where we wanted to raise our two boys. Then, after fourteen love-filled Continue Reading
Stillness in Summer: a meditative musical morning
SATURDAY July 11, 2015 9:30 am - 11:30 am West Los Angeles (address given upon registration) with Rabbi Jill Zimmerman and Ariel Root Wolpe Come enjoy a morning of beautiful music and mindfulness. Time for reflection, centering, and creating intention. Remember, rejuvenate, and restore your soul. $36 Ariel Root Wolpe is a musician, ritual Continue Reading
New Jewish Mindfulness Classes May 2015 Los Angeles
Meditation & Mindfulness Through a Jewish Lens Three Monday evenings 7 pm - 8:30 pm West Los Angeles CA (location at sign-up) May 4 • May 11 • May 18 Specific Jewish meditation practices will be taught and time to sit. We will incorporate Jewish teachings as well as poetry and music. $72 (limit: 15 people) For info: Rabbi Jill Zimmerman Continue Reading
That Kind of Day
There’s one line that always has me gasp in recognition. In the excerpt from "Snake Talk" from the Traveling Jewish Theater the author details the many difficulties of one day: "The ground opens up, the wind blows, a branch hits you in the head, you trip on stones, you twist your ankle, your heart breaks, you've got to fold the laundry and they have closed Continue Reading
Siri and I: We’ve Been Friends…(evidently…)
True story: I was talking to my husband Ely the other day about the candidates for the November election. We were sitting at the dining room table, my Iphone next to me. All of a sudden Siri (the Iphone "assistant") just started answering me! She said "I don't understand" and then she repeated the whole run-on sentence that I evidently was in the Continue Reading
- « Previous Page
- 1
- …
- 8
- 9
- 10
- 11
- 12
- 13
- Next Page »
