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7 Steps to Radical Resilience by Mordechai Schiffman and Tamra Wright
From resilience to radical resilience What is resilience? Colloquially, we often talk about the ability to ‘bounce back’ after a crisis or setback, returning to our usual activities, and our usual selves. But Rabbi Jonathan Sacks zt’l , backed by both contemporary psychological research, Jewish tradition, and the broad arc of Jewish history, encouraged us to be more ambitious: we should aim to emerge stronger, as both individuals and communities, from every setback. Sounds go
Tamra Wright
Oct 308 min read


In Memoriam: Ken Wright
Kenneth Sheldon Wright (Yechiel Selig ben Pesach v’Lila z'l) passed away on Saturday, 19 th July in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Born in...
Tamra Wright
Jul 312 min read


“The Soothing Savour” of Sacrifices: Re-reading Noah
The biblical story of Noah has been sanitized in our culture. We are inundated with images of a smiling Noah (and, often enough, Mrs...
Tamra Wright
Oct 28, 202212 min read


Don't be daft: thoughts on fasting during a heatwave
In case anyone didn’t get the memo, Sunday is going to be hot. Not as hot as Monday or Tuesday, but hitting 30 degrees in suburban...
Ian Gamse
Jul 15, 20225 min read


The Limmud Habit
Productivity and self-help gurus often suggest that everyone should do their own personal ‘annual review’ in December or early January....
Tamra Wright
Dec 30, 20214 min read


Life After Loss: Tiny Habits for the Bereaved and the Bereft*
During Elul I taught a short online course on Judaism, positive psychology and BJ Fogg’s Tiny Habits method for behaviour change. Janine...
Tamra Wright
Oct 17, 20213 min read


In Memoriam: Dalia Hillman
By Orna Hillman Dalia Bertha bat Yocheved v’Avraham ztl, was niftar on 15 Iyar/27th April 2021. She was born and raised in Manchester,...
Orna Hillman
Jul 12, 20213 min read


Lashon HaTov: Singing the praises of courageous women
Like many of my colleagues in Jewish education, I sometimes struggle to remember precisely what I learned from R. Sacks zt’l. This is not...
Tamra Wright
May 20, 20214 min read


Being with the Other in their Grief: Reflections on the Tragedy in Meron
By Tanya White This year I’ve been teaching a course at Matan on the problem of evil – On the heels of Covid I thought it may speak to...
Tanya White
May 4, 20216 min read


Halakhic Danger
or When did we abandon Health & Safety? By Ian Gamse A few years ago, I was fortunate enough to attend a lavish party at a newly-opened...
Ian Gamse
May 1, 20216 min read


“How can I help?”: Captain Tom and the Power of Starting Small
Several years ago I came across a simple yet powerful idea in the work of leading executive coach Dr Marshall Goldsmith. Leaders at all...
Tamra Wright
Apr 25, 20213 min read


The Freedom Film Festival
During chol hamoed pesach my husband and I usually include a theatre or cinema visit amongst our activities. A particular highlight in...
Tamra Wright
Mar 30, 20213 min read


Discussion Questions for your Seder
One way to use the questions below is to cut out each question as an individual strip of paper. Put all of the strips into a basket. Each...
Elliott Malamet
Mar 20, 20212 min read


I am the youngest child: preparing for a lockdown Seder
In schools, nurseries, and Jewish homes around the world, little children are being coached, coaxed, and cajoled into learning to sing or...
Tamra Wright
Mar 10, 20212 min read


Megilla in the time of the Corona
Guest post by Ian Gamse There are times when one has to go back to first principles in halakha, to ask fundamental definitional questions...
Ian Gamse
Feb 18, 20217 min read
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