Jewish Books Are Awesome

A few weekends ago Ken and I were parked on our couch watching TV like we do most weekends. We generally have quite a few movies to choose from at any point in time and this time I said that we should finally watch that one Holocaust movie that probably wouldn’t be too dramatic. Yeah I was wrong. Helen Mirren was impeccable as always as Maeia Altmann, an Austrian Jew fighting for her family’s art decades after the Holocaust that took many of their lives. The scenes of Holocaust were dropped in at poignant moments throughout the movie along with beautifully shot moments of her pre-war memories of life untouched by Hitler. And yeah, I bawled like a baby for about 15 minutes.

http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-arts-and-culture/books/196931/bream-gives-me-hiccups?utm_source=fb&utm_medium=post&utm_content=Bream+Gives+Me+Hiccups&utm_campaign=jan2016

http://jwa.org/blog/return-filmmaker-discovers-modern-jewish-poland

I really want to read the selection of Sholom Aleichem stories I picked up last year but I think I might be book depressed? I’ve been palming that lovely book published in 1956 (!) and still the start is slow. Silly brain.

http://www.tabletmag.com/scroll/196601/the-2015-national-jewish-book-awards-winners

Radio silence

Mental silence

Tired silence

Empty silence

Thoughtful silence 

There has been a lot of silence in me in the last months. I work hard with quietness in my head. I exercise with music buzzing and blank thoughts. I commute staring at my phone or with a crochet hook in hand. I speak but do I say? Too much has been happening and I am spread silently thin. 

Today is six  months and one day since my love and I got engaged. It’s been a time of incredible highs and unspeakable emotional lows. And through every moment, through every temper tantrum and tear, my partner, my love, my soulmate has stood with me and held me up when I could barely stand on my own. The next six months until our wedding are going to be filled with so many wonderful emotions and I can’t wait to experience them all together.