As anyone who knows me knows, I’m all about food. I love cooking, I love eating, I find farmers markets incredibly aesthetically pleasing, if I had the time I’d make my own yogurt and cheese and bake all of my own bread. So, this year I had a vision that my housemates would be fellow [...]
Read full post...Mollie Flink, from Deerfield, IL, graduated from Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary with Bachelors of Arts degrees in English and Bible. She received a Seminary fellowship in Jewish Social Entrepreneurship, during which she advocated for the West Side Campaign Against Hunger. She also served as a reading aide to sixth grade students struggling [...]
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Read full post...A couple of weeks ago, I attended Nehirim West, an LGBT Jewish Culture and Spirituality retreat on a ranch outside of San Francisco, CA. As the weeks led up to it and I was getting excited to attend, I kept thinking about how the group would consist of people with very intense similar experiences. Many [...]
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