What is it like to be…

1. You? But seriously, in all its splendor. How is it? 2. To be blind? 3.  To be dying? 4. To be a man? 5. To be a woman

June 6, 2010
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What’s It like to be….

1) A superintendent in a building? Do you ever get a break? Don’t you feel like you need to get out of your ‘office’ (the building you manage)? 2) A nanny, especially the ones whose families are still back home? How do you take care of other people’s children’s? 3) In bed all the time? My [...]

July 11, 2009
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What’s it like to be a Mailman in a Jewish Neighbourhood?

Strangely, I can see you better in some ways than you can see yourself. Physically, this is the case because you are restricted by the dimensional limits of the mirror or the silent lake that reflects your image, unlike my eyes that see you three-dimensionally.   Your character – your way – also appears differently [...]

March 27, 2009
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What’s it like to be Different From my Parents? (Guest Author, Deena Levenstein)

 This article, authored by a guest – Deena Levenstein, answers the question: What’s it like to be different from my parents? Deena was born a religious Orthodox Jew and lived in Jerusalem with her parents and siblings. Today, she is not Orthodox and living in Vancouver, British Columbia. Thank you Deena for sharing your thoughts with us, [...]

March 15, 2009
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