A few months back, I wrote a blog post exploring the word "onen", someone who is in a state of deep grief immediately following the death of a loved one, before the burial. After I published the blog I learned that the word had another meaning in modern Hebrew: "someone who masturbates". This led to… Continue reading Episode 05: Teach Me Something with Rabbi Jessica Minnen
Al Rosenberg is a great many things including a strategist, a writer, an artist, and a fantastic storyteller. They're also living with an autoimmune disease that forces them to face their mortality all the time. This episode covers topics from the drama of certain Jewish ritual, what you probably shouldn't say to someone who is… Continue reading Episode 04: Al Rosenberg
I've added a second type of podcast to the mix and going forward will intersperse "Teach Me Something" episodes with interviews. Teach Me Something's will be experts and wise people sharing their knowledge while I absorb, reflect, and ask (sometimes smart and sometimes ridiculous) questions. Rabbi Lisa Goldstein is a wonderful teacher and during one… Continue reading Episode 03: Teach Me Something with Rabbi Lisa Goldstein
Analucía and I have known each other for five years. We have worked together, learned together, and traveled together. Even though I knew that her mother had died while Analucía was in her 20's, I never asked to hear her story. A photo of Gloria, Analucía's mom, (center) with Analucía (right) and her sister MJ… Continue reading Episode 02: Analucía Lopezrevoredo
As I start this project, I'm reaching out to people who are connected to the end of life experience (whether professionally or through personal experience) and having conversations that are important, exciting, generative, and beautiful. It's become clear that what I am learning/hearing should be recorded and shared. Photograph of a microphone, headphones, and flowers… Continue reading Episode 01: Dan Fendel
The Be.Side Project 