The first day of anything is really hard. Meeting new people, making a good first impression, finding your way around a new space. These are all part of the universal experience of a first day. Now, imagine that when you introduce yourself to your new boss, coworker, teammate, roommate, or acquaintance, you are confronted with […]
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I was in my early twenties, already five years into an eating disorder that had consumed much of my young adulthood. My life had become unbearable: intrusive voices narrated my every meal, obsession circled around food and control, and small choices felt freighted with shame. Out of desperation, I finally sat in a doctor’s office
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A central piyyut of the Yamim Noraim, “adam yesodo mei’afar” (“the human being originates from dust”), attempts to capture human frailty by comparing finite human life to “a shattered vessel, a withered grass, a faded flower, a passing shadow, a vanishing cloud, gusting wind, floating dust, and a fleeting dream.” Ten years ago, on Rosh
As a Fleeting Dream: Coping with Pregnancy Loss Read More »
As two women whose professional and spiritual lives are rooted in public health, medicine, and Torah, we are honored to introduce this powerful issue of the JOFA Journal, dedicated to the many dimensions of women’s health in Jewish life. One of us, Mindy, approaches this work as a public health researcher, committed to understanding the
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