Amy Lederman
IJN Columnist | Reflections
Uprooting the planted
Amy LedermanDec 31, 2020
If you had told me a year ago that I would change my life by selling my Tucson home to be closer to my mom in New Jersey, or that I would spend the winter bundled up in...
How COVID has changed our Jewish outlook
Amy LedermanOct 29, 2020
The Jewish High Holidays and Sukkot have come and gone this year, unlike any other, and posed new challenges for all of us because of COVID. Yet, COVID also offered new...
Sukkot teaches us to live with uncertainty
Amy LedermanOct 08, 2020
The Jewish New Year of 5781 began with a serious COVID challenge: How can we, as Jews, celebrate our traditions and participate in holiday services during a pandemic,...
A meaningful Rosh Hashanah amid COVID
Amy LedermanSep 03, 2020
Sept. 18, 2020 heralds the first night of Rosh Hashanah and the advent of the Jewish year 5781. But accompanying the traditional apples and honey this year is an...
Coincidences
Amy LedermanAug 06, 2020
She opened her copy of The New York Times and I watched as her face turned pale. On the front page of the Metro section was a full-page picture captioned, “An...
Emotional fallout
Amy LedermanJul 02, 2020
Since March of this year, we have been forced to reassess and restructure how we think about and interact with the world. From empty calendars and stockpiled closets to...
Up close and personal no more
Amy LedermanMay 28, 2020
I have always been a “touchy-feely” kind of gal. And while I never gave it much thought before, I realize now that I am a chronic hugger, arm-linker and...
Navigating Covid uncertainty
Amy LedermanApr 23, 2020
We are all equal in the eyes of the coronavirus. Each of us is now living in an altered universe where many of the assumptions and expectations upon which our daily...
Celebrating Passover in a coronavirus world
Amy LedermanApr 08, 2020
Passover is the holiday when Jews come together for seder with families, friends and community to retell the core Jewish narrative which goes like this: We were slaves...
Caregivers
Amy LedermanFeb 13, 2020
The job description might read something like this: “Looking for someone 24/7 with the patience of a saint, the wisdom of the Dali Lama, the goodness of Mother Teresa...
