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An Easy Fast
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
Tonight is Erev Yom Kippur. In the Jewish tradition, holidays begin the evening prior at sunset and so the High Holy Day commenced this evening and concludes tomorrow night at sunset. In the interim, we are called on to pray, contemplate and fast. In my childhood and into young adulthood, I attended synagogue services, sometimes…
I Am Especially Fond of You: Movie Review: The Shack
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
I am an interfaith minister who was raised Jewish and was taught that God watches over us orchestrating outcomes and is a Source and Force to whom we pray, hoping for a particular outcome. I learned about Christianity from friends who grew up in that faith, read the New Testament in high school, questioned who the…
Inscribed In The Book of Life
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
During the ten days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur; which are also known as The High Holy Days in the Jewish tradition in which I was raised, we contemplate the year that has gone by, as well as the one stretching out before us. As I type these words, I am experiencing another beginning. I…
As If It Could Be Your Last
By
Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW
Live each day as if it could be your last… I penned these words two years ago and have since had the chance to re-evaluate them. “Had a thought today….well, I actually have a lot of them, but this one was one of those aha moments. Yesterday was what would have been my husband Michael’s…
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