feldmesterinNov 28, 20233 min"Today it is customary to go to the cemetery with an elderly Jewess" I'm getting ready today to teach my final class on this online course with JTS, in which we will be taking a closer look at the...
feldmesterinOct 5, 20236 minInviting the dead to our parties - a post for Hoshanah Rabbah In the summer of 2018, my little sister Viv got married. Our mother died when she was 2 and I was 4, and I was incredibly honoured when ...
feldmesterinJan 1, 202311 min"Incantations must not be taught to anyone"Translation of an excerpt from Abraham Rechtman, Yidishe Etnografye un Folklor, p. 289-298. Rav Yokhanan had the habit of coming to sit...
feldmesterinDec 27, 20222 minWoman soul This week I've been teaching an online workshop at Yiddish New York about Ashkenazi Jewish women's customs and practices. For the past...