Holding the Light

Holding the Light

The work of showing up for Jewish children, of offering them identity and belonging, has surpassed valuable, and is now vital. Help us ensure that every Jewish child has someone steady in their corner as they navigate the world as it is, and the world as we hope it will become.

Reflecting with Gratitude on a Year of Jewish Conversations and Community

As we enter 5785 and prepare for Sukkot, I reflect on a year of meaningful conversations sharing my memoir, Brave-ish: One Breakup, Six Continents, and Feeling Fearless After Fifty. From Too Jewish with Rabbi Sam Cohon to Search for Meaning with Rabbi Yoshi Zweiback, I explored themes of resilience, community, and self-discovery. These experiences reinforce the importance of connection within the Jewish community as we celebrate this season of harvest and new beginnings.

On Being Jewish NOW

On Being Jewish Now: Essays and Reflections from Authors and Advocates. An intimate and hopeful collection of meaningful, smart, funny, sad, emotional, and inspiring essays from today’s authors and advocates about what it means to be Jewish, how life has changed since the attacks on October 7th, 2023, and the unique culture that brings this group together.

Bring Them Home. We Need To Go.

Their pain. Our pain. Death and life. Smiles and tears. Despair and hope. One thread weaving through it all. Is the thread making a quilt to warm us or is the thread unraveling the blanket of security and comfort? Go to Israel. Bear witness.

We Said Go Travel