Beshert | The Meant-To-Be Coffee Pot
Judi Connery admired her mother’s classic coffee pot painting. In the midst of a pandemic, when she needed it most, the coffee pot found her.
04
Mar
25
Feb
Beshert | A Pandemic Pup with a Name of Her Own
We called her Toots, for about a day. And then I could not look at our wild-haired, chipmunk-size puppy and call her that name, which b...
18
Feb
Beshert | All the Light We Cannot See
It’s been a tough week, generally speaking, to present the idea of beshert as a positive “meant-to-be” experience. Snow. Ice. Massive p...
12
Feb
Beshert | In a Pandemic, In a Foreign Country, Really? Yes!
In January 2020, soon after I arrived in Tel Aviv, I was walking out of class with a friend when I first saw her. We were in the same M...
04
Feb
Beshert | Sitting in the Nosebleed Section
It was February 1, 1993. I had just finished shooting a video in Israel for a corporate client. I was an American living in London, sep...
28
Jan
Beshert | Boulders and Olive Trees
It is a few months before I meet my beshert.
I dream. My child’s father has gotten into my apartment. He is in my bedroom. I see him...
14
Jan
Beshert | First the Misses, Then the Hit
Barry and I met at a Halloween party when we were 13 years old. Neither of us liked our dates, so we chatted outside. We didn’t see eac...
08
Jan
Beshert | Hello, Columbus
When I graduated from Brooklyn College and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in 1960, a Jewish philanthropist named Sam Melton...
31
Dec
Beshert | In Italy, “Destinato”
Writer Carolyn Ariella Sofia longs for a deeper connection to her Italian Jewish heritage. Finally, after years of waiting, she finds home.
24
Dec
Beshert | I Get By With A Little Help For Your Friends
An editor hired me to give friendship advice on her website. From the very first question, the gig was beshert.