I grew up half Jewish and half Italian-Catholic. I made jokes about how these different identities left me mostly confused. Had Jesus risen again or not? I thought I had to choose one side rather than celebrating all the parts within myself, so I almost erased my Jewish half. I learned how to make risotto, but not matzah ball soup. Christianity is the dominant culture … [Read more...]
Seeing More: Fighting Depression Through Radical Empathy
I used to believe that intense focus and concentration were the best way of being. I would spend hours practicing music, hours meditating, hours focusing on just one little thing. The more the world disappeared around me, the better I was supposed to be. Capitalism and patriarchy train us to work really hard and excel at one skill in order to be worthy and recognized. But … [Read more...]
Eating for Two
My mother embodies the definition of selfless. Now retired in south Jersey, she spends her time making bagged lunches for homeless people in Camden and Philadelphia. She takes the bus up to New York City once a month to meet my sister and me for lunch and brings with her 25 bagged lunches to give out to homeless people in the Port Authority. There are never enough lunches, … [Read more...]
The Body Is Not an Apology
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