Don't Ski(m)p (on) the Story
I have reflected on Passover. Not every year, but most years, a musing surfaces. It is the only Jewish holiday that I experienced first...
A Different Light
Light cannot be ‘new’. It’s different. A different light. Stories are never new. They’re told differently, heard differently when...
A(nother) Shabbat
In her book, "My Jewish Year," Pegrebin adds Shabbat as a chapter inside the trajectory of the other holidays of the year. Is this...
Changing Course
The scales are even. Everything I marked in before is now the same as after. Ten years. With the questions that surround the choices...
Speaking of Dreams
The Anishnabek (Ojibwe) teaching of the dream catcher is a story of a spider’s protective gift. A grandmother, Nokomis, sees that her...
Not All About Me
Pegrebin begins her chapter describing the historical basis of Purim and acknowledges holiday tension, per usual. In her words, “Purim...
Reasons to Smile (still)
On his walk, Solo’s head is always down. His nose moves in circles and sweeps across wet ground. It slides up and back across fallen...

Poetry By Any Name
I knew where my first name came from. Erin I liked. “We named you Erin. Liked it when I heard it on the Waltons. But, if we hadn’t...
Start Somewhere
I loved Tu B’Shvat the first time I learned about it. The Jewish version of ‘Earth Day’ resonated perfectly with identities that I...