Month: February 2020

This past summer (2019) I had the honor and privilege of being the Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati fellow at Temple Sholom synagogue. It was a wonderful summer, full of new experiences and challenges. Rabbi Terlinchamp was on sabbatical throughout the summer, and I was very fortunate that the lovely staff and community of Temple Sholom greeted me with open arms.…

During the summer of 2019 I had the fortunate opportunity to serve as a Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati fellow at Cedar Village Senior Living Community. The process that led to my ultimate service at Cedar Village was complicated, but I ultimately found the work extremely meaningful. I did not select Cedar Village as my first choice for a summer fellowship…

Relationships in life don’t really end, even if you never see the person again. Every person you’ve been close to lives on somewhere inside you. Your past lovers, your parents, your friends, people both alive and dead (symbolically or literally)—all of them evoke memories, conscious or not. Lori Gottlieb, Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, Her Therapist, and Our…

This summer, I had a fellowship at the Brueggeman Center for Dialogue. I helped to create the Cincy Multifaith Calendar, an online resource designed to help students talk about their faith traditions and learn about the traditions and identities of their classmates. We gathered representatives of the major faiths in the Cincinnati area to write calendar entries for the holidays…

Last summer I had the privilege to be the Judaic director at Camp Livingston in Bennington, Indiana. Camp Livingston is a pluralistic Jewish overnight camp tucked into southeastern Indiana. When faced with deciding which Jewish Foundation of Cincinnati fellowship I preferred, I knew I wanted to be at camp. I grew up attending a variety of camps as a Jewish…

A woman recounted the painful loss of her husband and snippets of her childhood in New York, including fancy dinners and theater outings with her father, who was a food critic. These outings, she shared, led to her career as a clinical nutritionist. She spoke with pride about her two children. Unfortunately, there are few with whom she can talk.…