Bubbe Wisdom - Unraveling the threads of life. A blog by Louise Silk.
A Jewish Revolution by LouiseSilkNo thunder sounded. No lightening struck. Judith Kaplan Eisenstein On Saturday morning, March 18, 1922, two years after American women received the right to vote, Judith Kaplan, age 12,...
What is The Bhagavad Gita? by LouiseSilkFor the soul there is neither birth nor death at any time. He has not come into being, does not come into being, and will not come into being. He is unborn, eternal, ever-existing, and primeval. ...
Meet One Teach One by LouiseSilkEvery issue is a women's issue. Barbara Mikulski Today, Maryland Sen. Barbara Mikulski will be honored on the Senate floor for being the longest-serving woman in the history of Congr...
Good Bye SAKS FIFTH AVENUE by LouiseSilkSaks Fifth Avenue's Downtown Pittsburgh store will close this week after 60 years in business. I like many of us will miss this store. I remember being a child and going with my mother to t...
Besser heint an ai aider morgen an ox Better an egg today than an ox tomorrow by LouiseSilkMark Bittman has been writing a series of articles on meat consumption. Mostly he is speaking about humane treatment of animals and as part of the solution, that we eat less meat or meat subst...
Jupiter Venus = Love, Beauty, Compassion by LouiseSilkThis is the week to be inspired by the two brightest planets, Venus and Jupiter, as they pair in the western night sky. Venus-Jupiter conjunctions occur roughly every 13 months and this Thursda...
Cleaving by LouiseSilkHow does one access the Divinity within? The Hebrew word for glue is דבק dvk , the root for devekut , which in modern Hebrew is a synonym for dedication toward a particular goal. The mystic...
On Assignment by LouiseSilkI am in Miami for the Florida Atlantic University’s Kultur Festival 2012. I am the Hebrew Book Arts part of this fourth annual celebration of Jewish culture. Miami is my main vacation...
The Politics of A Fast Day by LouiseSilkToday, Jews around the world are observing the Fast of Esther honoring Esther’s bravery in the Purim story. Esther is a Persian beauty queen who conceals her Jewish identity from King Ahasuerus an...