Let’s Talk about Mental Health and Sadness

I’d like to talk a little about mental health- or rather, my mental health. I’ve been struggling a bit lately, trying to avoid becoming engulfed by an overwhelming sense of sadness. I try to avoid sinking into the sadness that feels like a dense black cloud is penetrating my soul. I have realized that for […]

Reflections on Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom HaShoah)

photo of Jacki Edry wearing a necklace with a Jewish star and a head covering.

This evening begins Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom HaShoah) in Israel. It is always a day full of mixed feelings for me as the memories of the six million Jews who were brutally murdered surface. The fact that such heinous crimes were committed is unfathomable.   It is a day of great sadness. And I must […]