After The Chagim Syndrome

It feels like we have all just completed an ultramarathon – 23 days of holidays. It all begins on the first of Tishrei with Rosh Hashana, then rolls into Yom Kippur and speeds up like an avalanche coming down a mountain gathering force.  We barely eat after the fast before we take out our hammers… Continue reading After The Chagim Syndrome

Garden of Children

In the mornings when I walk my dog, I pass a gan. Gan is a preschool in Hebrew, yet it also means garden. In this ‘garden’ of children, I usually hear the energetic sounds of toddlers creating, learning, sharing, and of happy shouts in the playground. Yet this day, the school yard was transformed. The… Continue reading Garden of Children