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

Help Always Comes

It's the same mountain, you know. The one and very same mountain you've been scaling your whole life.

Community, Creative Process, ObservationsJena SchwartzSeptember 14, 2019Jewish Mysticism, death, Faith, trust, Keep going Comment

Israel: From Imagination to Reality

I listened to all of it, rapt, attentive, a sponge, ears open, heart open, receptive, learning, discerning, knowing that we would have a completely different experience with a different guide, a different perspective and history.

Jewish LifeJena SchwartzJune 6, 2019Israel, Travel, Travel Writing, Memoir, Belonging, Jewish, Jewish Mysticism, Middle East, Palestine, Jerusalem, Tel Aviv, Kotel, Western Wall, Tzfat, Negev, Holocaust, Memory, Home, Homecoming, Yehuda Mahane, Dead Sea, Mediterranean, Kibbutz, Zionism, Sabra Comment

The Four Worlds, or Why Every Offering Counts

Action, emotion, intellect, spirit. To live predominantly in only one of these worlds is to miss so much information.

Jewish Life, Resistance, Real LifeJena SchwartzFebruary 18, 2019Gad Beck, Holocaust, Sanctuary, Lucio Perez, Irida Kakhtiranova, Kabbalah, Jewish Mysticism, daily life, nazi, Amazon, LGBTQ Comment

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