Because of the rich and varied lives my clients have lived, I often reflect on the Jewish experience. It’s deeply sobering that so much of our collective history has involved trauma, but we are a remarkably resilient and productive people considering our stories. It was my privilege to participate in the Visions of Remembrance, Voices of…
Helping Those Who Need Us Most
The autumn Jewish holidays give us an opportunity to recommit to our highest values and best selves. Many of us use this time to reflect and also to plan for the coming year. Here at JFS, we’ve been doing the same. In the spring, a group of Board Members and staff came together during a…
Remembrances
As the High Holidays begin, Beth Huppin considers Will Berkovitz’s Why Stories Matter and offers some reflections and questions to spark conversation at your holiday table and throughout the year. Shana Tovah! “My kids are far away from the world of my childhood and further still from that of my parents and grandparents. I wonder…
Learning to Fly
When I was younger I used to think if I kept trying I might one day leap and hover briefly if not fly. I try less frequently these days unless I am teaching my children the art of flight. It’s hard to be human. We are at once self-doubting and confident, humble and arrogant, judgmental…
Why Stories Matter
My grandmother escaped from Russia hiding under a pile of hay in a horse-drawn wagon. At the border, men with pitchforks stabbed into the hay, attempting to thwart any stowaways. They didn’t succeed. She and her family found their way to Minnesota, where her daring story seemed utterly incongruent with the 84-year-old woman in the…
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