It was a once-in-a-lifetime experience which made me thank the universe that I am still alive to experience: a world-premiere Opera production of The Dybbuk, composed by award-winning composer Josef Bardanashvili, originally from Georgia, whose music is influenced by the rich traditions of his birthplace and his Jewish heritage…
An article in today’s Haaretz newspaper caught my attention. It talks about hair salons being re-established in Gaza. Finally an item not connected to war atrocities, casualties, or death and trauma. But funny enough it is connected to post-traumatic growth. Women who suffered two years of deprivation, uncertainty, and trauma, in a world where they had no control of anything that happens to them, are finally taking some action. They are starting to take care of themselves…
Symbols that catch our attention and our emotional connection are more effective than a hundred words. For two years the yellow ribbon has become prevalent in Israel and the world over ae a solidarity symbol conveying the message “Free the Hostages”…
When I was a teenager, the only Pride that was popular was Jane Austen’s book Pride and Prejudice. You can get it today as well, even in an e-book for $1.99, or a fancy edition for $24.99. “Pride and Prejudice has consistently appeared near the top of lists of “most-loved books” among literary scholars and the reading public…
Call it Bell or call it Bezeq, it really does not matter. Those are national phone, internet and television services. The experience I am about to relate is truly what is referred to as “Catch 22”…
My husband picked up a book from the loaded bookcase behind the dining room table after lunch today, and started reading aloud. The book was Nabokov’s lectures at a Toronto college, one that we read a long time ago. It felt like old times, …
I was about 5 years old, a curious kid, finally in what felt like a permanent home. Someone had left a ladder going up to the “boidem” (known generally as an attic). It was really only a shelf built below the ceiling of the hallway. I climbed up, eager to find out what was there. Old suitcases, vaguely familiar, but what hid inside them?
To all who thought the pandemic was over, my latest experience proves that it is not exactly so. Recently I returned from a great conference in Pittsburgh with over 1500 art therapists participating, only to douse my enthusiasm …
The heaviness I feel, as well as many people I talk to feel, stems from plain living in the world today. It is the result of watching at what happens the world over. From wars, antisemitism, climate disasters and violence we are inundated by events which lie heavily on our existence and wellbeing. At the end of the day, we need some relief. Music, and fluff.
Lately I am obsessed with the notion of gut feelings. What exactly is it, what does it convey to us, is it even a valid feeling? It turns out that I am not the only one obsessed with the notion of gut feelings, and that listening to your gut is literally equal to listening to your brain.