Bridge In Troubled Waters
By now many of you have heard about the 35W bridge collapse in Minnneapolis yesterday evening. First a personal note of gratitude: we are all fine, thank G-d.It's quite a ways from us and not a route we use often, though I almost drove across it yesterday morning...
Interstate 35W Security Footage of Bridge Collapse
Here is that shocking video of the bridge collapse I just wrote about.
Gathering strength and information: why is contacting the rabbi so scary?
I saw my regular counselor today and I told her of my dream and what my PA said yesterday. I also told her what I posted yesterday and what readers had commented and specifically Rabbi WAC's suggestions. She really liked the team approach.The team approach is...
The power of prayer: is it time to come clean with the rabbi?
I wrote recently,I had a dream the other night about having a meeting with my counselor and my rabbi and my husband and me. Sort of like a team approach to helping me cope when things are bad, and even when things are okay, or dare I say, good. But then I am back to...
Good news better news best news
I am so tired tonight but I wanted to write about the good things that have happened or are happening here. It is a wonderful feeling to know that good things are going on, even as there are pockets of sadness and grief around me.My neighbor's 16-year-old Akita, one...
The Optimistic Jew
It seems appropriate today, the day after Tisha b'Av, to turn toward the future with hope and optimism.Tsvi Bisk, Director of the Center for Strategic Futurist Thinking in Israel, is the author of the just-released and very well-written The Optimistic Jew: A Positive...
Anxious
Anxiety takes a lot of energy. I should be fixing lunch for my children right now, then getting challah started so it will be ready in time for dinner tonight. Instead I am sitting here feeling exhausted and anxious and wishing only for sleep and an end to my...
Rasslin with the rabbi issue
I went to shul last Shabbat. I was horribly anxious but I knew I needed to go for me. As it turned out, the (shul) rabbi was not there and another rabbi who is usually a fellow congregant (and whom I like very much) was leading services. This helped a lot.While I was...
Interview: Amy Cohen, author of “The Late Bloomer’s Revolution”
I am just tickled to introduce to you my first author interview here on Books and Beliefs. Last week I read The Late Bloomer's Revolution and thoroughly enjoyed it. Today, I'm delighted to share my interview with the author, Amy Cohen:Sheyna: Amy, welcome to the blog,...
What would I want my rabbi to know? Part II
I wrote about this first six months ago in I cried at shul and then in Shul, and of course I wrote about it in What would I want my rabbi to know? Part 1.I'm still dealing with it. And I still have no answers.I'm not even sure I have questions and maybe that's part of...