Kelly Washburn

The Hebrew root KDS (kaf, dalet, shin) ties together separateness and sacredness. making them essentially the same thing. In a Jewish...

I've been practicing feeling helpless. I have an amazing ability to believe, despite repeated disappointments, that when "it's all done"...

Nearly all of us are taught to “be nice.” Sometimes we are given some guidance on what “being nice” means such as, “if you don’t have...

There were not a lot of copies of Good Housekeeping in my single-mother headed, early '70s SoHo home. However, my aunt had a lot of them....

I’ve been considering getting a “WWJD” bracelet, but I think it would confuse people. Mine would mean “What would Jessica do?” The...

Link to PDF of 1997 Living Text: The Journal of Contemporary Midrash Interview with Marge Piercy by Kelly Washburn