Birthing My Daughter; Birthing Myself
By Sarah Zadok
I have made a communion with my body and my soul. They are functioning as one whole. Every movement I make and sound I emit comes from a place so deep and innate, so primal, I know I have crossed worlds...
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Dear Chezi
A Letter to My Little Maccabee
By Sarah Zadok
I see you throwing things with an awesome force when you don't get your way. I see you running to me for protection when our turtle gets too close to your toes. And at the same time, I see you growing up, towering over me...
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Tali Berman
Working the "It" Factor
By Sarah Zadok
She spends her work hours bringing hope, understanding, and healing to some very special families with some very special needs. Her name is Tali Berman, she is the founder and director of Meir Autism in Israel, and she is a woman you should know...
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Boxing with Pharoah
By Sarah Zadok
"You take on way too much." Jab. "You can hardly cope with what you have." Jab-jab. "You're hanging by a thread, Girlfriend." Uppercut. "You are failing." Ouch...
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Sara Esther Crispe
Editor of TheJewishWoman.org
By Sarah Zadok
She was wearing a funky, multicolored tunic and a wooly green skirt with a pair of big, black Doc Martin boots. "Alright…" I thought...
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Turning Up the Heat
Parshat Va'eira
By Sarah Zadok
The very concept of Egypt denotes limitation, a sense of entrapment, blockage and slavery. And we have a directive to escape this reality every day. We don't need to physically live in the land of Egypt under Pharaoh's rule to feel enslaved...
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Let Freedom Spin
By Sarah Zadok
As they dance breathlessly and tell their stories with tulle and tiaras, I am struck by how free they are in their expression...
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Therapy in a Box
By Sarah Zadok
I gave birth about eight weeks ago and this is the first time since then that I've had the opportunity to sit down unencumbered and type my soul into this ever-patient and forgiving box of wires...
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Mother the Grouch
By Sarah Zadok
There are days in my life when I think, "I am a great Mom. These kids are lucky to have me…I should give classes." And then there are other days...
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The Nesting Instinct
By Sarah Zadok
After I dropped off the 5 full garbage bags of 'give-aways' at a local charity this morning, I cleaned out, wiped down, sorted out, and re-stocked our 3 door-bathroom chest. I'm in my 9th month of pregnancy and I've got the nesting instinct big time...
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Sarah Zadok is a childbirth educator, doula and freelance writer. She lives in Ramat Beit Shemesh, Israel, with her husband and four children.
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