Elana Rebitzer
Poets use language as a means of connection and coping that makes the listener, in turn, feel just a little bit less alone.
Countering Isolation with Poetry
Author: Elana Rebitzer
When I Tried to Get Girls to Wear Tefillin
Elana Rebitzer
That summer, and every summer since, I’ve been one of the only women to wear tefillin at prayer services every morning.
Timekeeping on the Jewish Calendar
Elana Rebitzer
Could a physical planner make it possible to schedule a life fully in the secular world, while also respecting and appreciating the unique cycle of Jewish time? Many different artists and creators from across the streams of Judaism have envisioned different answers to this same problem.
Russian, Music, Puppetry, and Dance: My Babushka in Translation
Elana Rebitzer
As I translate the stories into English, music, puppetry, dance, I am communicating (to you, the audience, and to my Babushka) what it is that I am understanding when she tells me her story.
The Thrill—and the Pain—of Exploring Córdoba’s Lost Jewish Treasures
Elana Rebitzer
But when I walked into the small chapel, seeing the partially destroyed verses from the Psalms on the walls and the tiny gold menorah in the entrance, my giddy excitement turned to anger.
What Happens in the Real World Stays There
Elana Rebitzer
As MY campers get onto the buses to return to their families, they check Instagram and Snapchat, and catch up on the world they’ve been so removed from. And my 14- and 15-year-old campers are faced with the same ever-present realities of tragedy the rest of us are.