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JEWISH WOMEN'S STORIES, SPIRITUALITY, & WELL-BEING



To the writers, artists, musicians, and creators,
If you’ve been feeling silent lately, if you haven’t been able to bring yourself to create, or even imagine beginning again, I want to...

Shira Lankin Sheps, MSW
Jul 152 min read


Gratitude and Prayer
War puts the blessings of a regular life into focus. Here are the things I have renewed gratitude for today: Waking up in the morning...

Shira Lankin Sheps, MSW
Jun 283 min read


New Olim
As soon as planes were allowed to land, over 100 new olim landed in Israel from UK, Spain, France, and the Netherlands. After everything...

Shira Lankin Sheps, MSW
Jun 251 min read


The war isn’t over.
This morning I woke up and wanted to scream. Like a deep primal cry that would bring forth all the tears I didn’t shed the last 12 days,...

Shira Lankin Sheps, MSW
Jun 242 min read


Prayer for Challah
Just having left the shelter, I’m choking on the news. So I’ll leave you with this prayer I wrote for challah: Avinu shebashamayim, I...

Shira Lankin Sheps, MSW
Jun 191 min read


Miracles.
In my family, we always say, we live by nissim (miracles) here. Today is just one of those days. We started with middle-of-the-night...

Shira Lankin Sheps, MSW
Jun 182 min read


Parshat Shlach
The text of the Torah always sends us messages. This week, the contrast between the parsha and our present is amazing. I've been studying...

Shira Lankin Sheps, MSW
Jun 172 min read


It's been quiet here today.
I think most of us are too stunned to make a sound, wiping the lack of sleep from our eyes, squinting in the sun. The days seem to be a...

Shira Lankin Sheps, MSW
Jun 142 min read


The dawn is breaking and it’s like the birds know what’s going on.
My phone too has been making lots of noise- sirens and alerts, text messages and phone calls- making plans for the long haul- incredulous...

Shira Lankin Sheps, MSW
Jun 122 min read


I've wasted too much of my life being afraid of Iran.
When I was in college, we protested, rallied, and fought against the idea of a nuclear Iran and Ahmadinejad. I've watched Bibi in too...

Shira Lankin Sheps, MSW
Jun 112 min read
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