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JEWISH WOMEN'S STORIES, SPIRITUALITY, & WELL-BEING
Shira Lankin Sheps, MSW
Aug 13, 20242 min read
A Heart- 6,000 miles away
I know how hard it is to be on the other side of the world when the land that has your heart is in distress. I remember during the war in...
Shira Lankin Sheps, MSW
Jun 5, 20243 min read
Life in Jerusalem
I never thought I would be so lucky to get to call the holy city of Jerusalem my home. I didn’t even know what it meant to live here when...
Shira Lankin Sheps, MSW
May 13, 20241 min read
How Do We Celebrate Yom Ha'atzmaut?
This year no one knows how to celebrate Yom Ha’aztamaut. Every day since Oct 7, especially today, we are holding space for many emotions....
Shira Lankin Sheps, MSW
May 13, 20242 min read
Yom Hazikaron In an Impossible Year
At 7:58 we all went into a room, the lights off, the windows open. I looked out and saw all my neighbors all around us, standing at their...
Shira Lankin Sheps, MSW
May 9, 20242 min read
Counting Down to Shabbat
Every week I find myself counting down the moments till I can light my Shabbat candles. Shabbat is glorious. The time away from the...
Shira Lankin Sheps, MSW
May 4, 20242 min read
We Are All One Family
Every kid in Israel will come home from school today with a Ner neshama, a yahrzeit candle- with the name of a Holocaust victim on its...
Rachel Weinstein, LCSW
Apr 17, 20244 min read
A Perfectly Imperfect Pesach
As the long ushering of Passover begins, there are many things upon which we can rely. The house will be scrubbed from top to bottom....
Shira Lankin Sheps, MSW
Apr 15, 20244 min read
The Miracles We Experienced
That night was surely one of the most surreal and terrifying nights of my life. As sudden and shocking as Oct 7th was, Saturday night was...
Shira Lankin Sheps, MSW
Apr 8, 20242 min read
A Tefillah for Rosh Chodesh Nissan
The tension builds to the moment we’ve all been waiting for The one for which we prayed for thousands of generations While we walked...
Liba Lurie, Psychologist
Mar 12, 20243 min read
Fortify Your Resilience: Affirmations for Thriving Amidst Chaos and Uncertainty
You're trying to keep your cool when scary things happen, and you're working hard to restore a perception of safety, for yourself and...
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