Eighteen years ago, I sat nervously in my doctor’s office. It was a cold and sterile place. Under the fluorescent lights, as I watched the clock tick by, I felt uneasy and unable to sit still. I came in because at age 36, while I was pregnant with my youngest daughter, I experienced strange numbness […]
I grew up petrified of dogs. The very sight of one would have me running away and crossing the street. I remember feeling so scared, unsure of what the dog might do to me. The fear of the unknown was overwhelming, completely controlling me. I realized that I needed to understand my fear and study […]
Everything has a season, and for Jews this is the season of introspection, making amends and beginning anew. The High Holy Days of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur are our chance to start over again. It’s not the kind of fresh start that is as if nothing has happened, because if you’ve lived a year, […]
In early 2023, JITC Hollywood Bureau heard that podcaster Erin Foster was creating a series loosely based on her life. How she, a non-Jewish woman, fell in love with, converted, and married a Jewish guy. To make the plot salacious enough for a streamer, the Jewish guy became a rabbi. According to the 2021 Pew […]
According to the recently released FBI 2023 Hate Crimes Report, Jews are now the most attacked minority group in the entire country, despite being only 2% of the US population. How can we possibly respond to such growing hate? As other minority groups have responded – with narrative story change work in Hollywood, as 85% […]
During the Nine Days, we mourn the destruction of the Temples in Jerusalem and other tragedies throughout Jewish history. When we are fragmented as a nation, we are vulnerable. When we are united, we are strong. While the Jewish people makeup but a sliver of the world’s population, we are one of the most diverse […]
