One Thing I Ask {a poem}

Poetry, Jewish LifeJena SchwartzSeptember 26, 2023Yom Kippur, Jewish, Jewish Life, God, PrayerComment

24 Questions for the (Jewish) New Year

Jewish Life, Writing PromptsJena SchwartzSeptember 18, 2023rosh hashanah, teshuvahComment

Are You Caught in Write + Delete Syndrome?

Editing is its own process – and you get to do it AFTER you write.

Coaching, Creative Process, Jewish LifeJena SchwartzJanuary 27, 2023perfectionismComment

Happy Seventh Night {a poem}

Poetry, Jewish LifeJena SchwartzDecember 25, 2022Comment

11 Things – Names and Numbers

11s, Jewish Life, ObservationsJena SchwartzDecember 14, 202211 things, 11s, elevensComment

11 things with cognitive dissonance making an appearance at the 3.5 mark

Real Life, Observations, LGBTQIA+, Jewish Life, ResistanceJena SchwartzDecember 6, 202211 things, 11s, elevensComment

This Simple Math

You only need to stay rooted in this simple math: Day one, day two, and so on.

Jewish Life, ObservationsJena SchwartzSeptember 19, 2022shabbat, Rest, Jewish time, Jewish life, change, impermanenceComment

How Community Holds Us

ALL of us are somewhere on a lifelong continuum of learning to live with more compassion, grace, courage, honesty, and balance.

Jewish Life, CommunityJena SchwartzSeptember 4, 2022Comment

One Man's Name

A radical revolution of values. If that's not part of our everyday lives, what are we even doing here?

Jewish Life, ObservationsJena SchwartzJanuary 16, 2022Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker, Black Lives Matter, Dr. King, MLK Jr.Comment

Two Pockets

Almost everyone I know has trouble sleeping these days and struggles to find anything resembling balance between our inner and outer worlds.

Real Life, Jewish LifeJena SchwartzOctober 3, 2021Jewish Mysticism, Jewish life, connection, Covid, balance Comments

G’mar Chatima Tova

Jewish LifeJena SchwartzSeptember 15, 2021Yom Kippur, forgiveness, spirituality, ritual, Jewish holidays, JewishComment

Earlier, up on the mountain…

I closed my eyes once more, this time reaching for the courage to ask for forgiveness and the humility to receive it, then stood and began my descent…

Jewish LifeJena SchwartzSeptember 13, 2021teshuvah, Yom Kippur, meditation, Metta, forgiveness Comment

The Book of Life Opens

May we remember that sweetness and joy are not antithetical to action and repair, but rather their sacred foundation.

Jewish LifeJena SchwartzSeptember 8, 2021rosh hashanah, High Holidays, Jewish holidays, Jewish, Jewish Life, Tikkun OlamComment

"Getting There"

We might be one foot out of Egypt, but the journey ahead is still daunting and uncertain.

Jewish Life, ObservationsJena SchwartzApril 2, 2021Covid-19, Covid, Antiracism, RacismComment

No More Mythologies

This is how we do this work -- the work of writing, the work of introspection, the work of accountability and repair, the work of healing ourselves and the world.