Exploring the Prayerful Nature of Loving Kindness Meditation Five years ago, I signed up for an 18-month spirituality course, the Kivvun program offered by the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. The course had four main components: 1 Yoga (check—already doing it) 2 Meditation (check—big practice already) 3 Text Study (check, check—love it and been doing it [...]

Finding My Truth In Between Judaism, Buddhism and Life Somewhere around 2012, I realized I had stopped believing in God. I tried to trace it back and it seemed like I lost faith around 2007 or 2008, when my twin girls were in middle school. Before that time, I was consistent about celebrating the Jewish [...]

My mom took her last breath at 3:10 p.m. on February 29, 2016. I whispered the Shema prayer in her ear and urged her to “go with God” before she became still. Although she and my Dad had broken with the traditions of the Jewish religion years before she passed, as she neared the end [...]