Creativity
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Steeped but Stuck
Recently, as I think is true for many people this season, I’ve been wading through frustrations and the weight of the world, sloshing around the muck of the past and mixing with the…
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Annual Re-Creation
Each year the Torah goes back to Genesis from Deuteronomy, re-reading the narratives of creation – that of the world and that of the Israelite familial structure and seed of a future nation.…
- 5784, Adrienne Cooper, Bereshit, Collaboration, Collective, Creativity, Dreaming in Yiddish, Dreams, Genesis, Interpretation, Joseph, Kohenet, Miketz, Parsha, Pharaoh, Yiddish, Yiddish New York
Dreamland
In the midst of a busy month, Bereshit ran ahead and I’m only now chasing down the parshiyot about which I have not yet written. Last week I was at a stellar week-long…
- 5783, 5784, Bereshit, Brooklyn, Creativity, Deuteronomy, Devarim, Flood, Genesis, High Holidays, Moses, Parsha, Pharaoh, Rain, Repentance, Rosh Hoshannah, Simchat Torah, Sukkot, Torah, Yom Kippur
Brooklyn’s River of Joy, Sorrow, & Everything in Between
This season of the year’s turning, I’ve reflected a lot on the changes during 5783 and how to step forward into 5784. Through the contemplative space provided by Malkhut during Rosh Hashanah and…
- 5783, Creativity, Flood, Growth, Noach, Parsha, Rain, Rainbow, Reflection, Relationship, Rest, Shabbat, Trust, Water
Re-creation
Water is creative…and water is destructive…and water is mundane…and water is ferocious…and sometimes scarce…this list could go on forever. Last week (yes, I’m a week behind in parshiyot but pushing myself to write…
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Re-Beginning
This year, I celebrated Parashas Bereshis in Washington, DC – or, more specifically, Alexandria, VA. Before Shabbos, I went to the mikveh for the first time in my life. This was all part…
- 5781, Ark, Bible, Canon, Climate Change, Climate Crisis, Creativity, Dissertation Diary, Genesis, Interpretation, Kabbalah, Midrash, Noach, Parsha, The Met, Yiddish
Drowning in Interpretation
We’re only on the second week of 5781’s Torah reading cycle, reading no more than six chapters a week. This is a reminder that the Bible, whatever form this takes for you (39…
- 5781, Bereshit, Creativity, Dissertation Diary, Genesis, Health, History, Human Experience, Pandemic, Parsha, Relationship, Repentance, Responsibility, Stewardship
What’s New?
Just like that, we’re back to the beginning – but this time, we’re in a jarringly different world. As in other crazy historical situations, rituals and traditions offer a framework and bring depth…
- 5780, Annual Cycle, Bereshit, Creativity, Dancing, Deuteronomy, Devarim, Dissertation Diary, Farewell, Generations, Genesis, High Holidays, Liturgy, Moses, Parsha, Presence, Rashi, Simchat Torah, Sukkot, Torah
Dancing With Creation
Sukkos is the time of our joy, and Simchas Torah offers a highly tangible expression of our ecstatic expression. Whether momentary or mundane, each year we return in joy to the beginning of…
- Attributes, Birthday, Characteristics, Creativity, Exodus, Golden Calf, Ki Tisa, Komps Kaos, Moses, Parsha, Radiance, Shemot, Sinai, Tabernacle, Tablets, Tent of Meeting
Charactering the Creator
Almost every week I say to someone, “This parsha is one of my favorites” – and this week, that’s definitely true! Full of stories and one of the most diverse parshiyot, Ki Tisa…
