I fell in love with Judaism through a certain hippy spiritual branch of it, and many of my perspective on it are colored with that lens. It is only when I leave that environment or straighter people...
Author - Laya Millman
Boombamela on my mind
Two Pesachs ago I went to a Festival in Israel called Boombamela and had a truly transformative experience. Boombamela is kind of a cross between Burning Man and Woodstock, except proudly proudly...
On women and Judaism
At one point at the conference last weekend, I happened to find myself on a panel about women and Judaism. Four of us, Esther, Rachel Bookstein (the rebbetzin), Dena of the Ghetto Shul and myself...
More conference goodness
Rabbi Yonah, our spiritual leader, taking a break from God to blog. Jewlicious at the what, esther? we, the bloggers….
since we don’t blog on shabbos…
We’re all catching up now. Is it wrong to snack on cinnamon Chex in shul? I thought if shul was taking place outside, and with a “theatrical torah reading” that it was clear that we...
California-ness
Through the haze of severe jet lag and culture shock that I am viewing Southern California, it like the rest of the America I left has this strange duality of foreign and familiar. While I feel this...
Goin’ to california with an achin’ in my heart
No matter how much I need to go, or how certain I am of my return, or how many issues I have with this country at the time, leaving Israel always does quite a number on me. I came across a Yehuda...
Jewish Impact Films
Last summer, young media savvy Jews were selected by leading Hollywood producers to come out to LA and make dozens of short internet films with ambitious goal of effectively communicating new...