Category: Trauma Healing

Introduction to Embodied Genealogical Research

a hand drawn family tree with the author at the top and ancestors back to the mid-1700s at the bottom. centers Golde, the matriarch who is the focus of the story in this blog post, and her baby Hersz who died. most print in black and white except for title and Golde's and Hersz's names.

Introduction to Embodied Genealogical Research

Published April 13, 2021 by Cara Michelle Silverberg

Ancestry.com. 23andMe. MyHeritage. Genealogical research is all the rage right now. I love genealogy because I value knowing where I come from. It’s also fascinating. The stories of our ancestors are full of fortune, misfortune, dreams, tragedy, strokes of luck, strength, and pure grit. Spiritually and biologically, I am my ancestors. I carry the soils of their homelands in my bones, their kinship in my blood, their courage in my chest. I…

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From Pain to Pleasure: Lessons from the Month of Av

major phases of the moon depicted with flowers filling the presents and circles

From Pain to Pleasure: Lessons from the Month of Av

Published August 19, 2020 by Cara Michelle Silverberg

Cyclical conceptions of time are thoroughly embedded in me through my Jewish heritage and culture. I was born on Rosh Chodesh Av – the new moon of the Hebrew month that is now ending. The Hebrew calendar is a lunisolar calendar, which means that while my Hebrew birthday rarely matches up with my Gregorian birthday, it is always on the same date relative to the cycle of Jewish festivals and religious observances.…