Conversos – Out of the Mire

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Intermission: More Assertiveness Training

Posted on April 24, 2015 by MJ

Stop the presses! Read all about it! I was assertive and didn’t like it! With whom was I assertive? A rabbi. I was assertive with a rabbi!!! I feel stressed thinking about it, but I did it anyway. A rabbi is no grumpy barista.… Continue Reading “Intermission: More Assertiveness Training”

Category: self-advocacyTags: assertiveness, Conversos, overcoming intimidation, self-advocacy

Origin Stories

Posted on December 5, 2014 by MJ

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I don’t know how many people are familiar with the idea of “generational sin”. There are many ministries in different streams of the Christian faith today that deal with myriad flavors of this idea. The foundation of this notion is that we are affected in… Continue Reading “Origin Stories”

Category: encouragement, Healing, Judaism, Moving Forward, RedemptionTags: a more powerful narrative, Conversos, Crypto-Jews, encouragement, Faith, healing, Jews of Iberian Peninsula, Judaism, narrative, origin stories, Sephardim, thriving