Tag: Spirituality
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Ali Abu Awwad, a Palestinian Non-violent Peace Activist
“Let there be Peace on Earth and let it begin with me.” Jill Jackson-Miller and Sy Miller Ali Abu Awwad, is a Palestinian non-violent Peace activist. Surprised? Yes, we usually hear about Palestinians that are violent and believe Israelis and Jews are less than human. I was so excited recently when I listened…
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A Prayer for Yom Kippur
Thank you for letting us reach this day. Thank you for giving us another year to Be Better and Do Better May we recognize our thoughts and feelings to be the fantasies of our perceptions Let us remember that if we don’t like what we think or feel, we have the power to change those…
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A Love Letter to Israel on our Sixth Anniversary
Happy Sixth Year Anniversary Israel! This is a very personal anniversary between you and me. You may not remember me, but I’ll never forget you! Being Jewish, keeping you in my thoughts would have been true even before our fateful trip. As we Jews say in Psalm 137, “If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let…
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“Blasted from Complacency: A Journey from Terror to Transformation in Israel” is AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE!
OMG, IT’S FINALLY HERE! WHOOHOO! I’m thrilled that my book has already been a #1 Amazon New Release! Whether you prefer a printed book or an eBook, it’s here! It’s been five years since our fateful trip—what I can only believe was meant to be. In my book I share my opinion about what happened…
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Complacent No More! Blasted from Complacency: A Journey from Terror to Transformation in Israel is AVAILABLE FOR PRE-SALE NOW!!
How Do I Feel? HAPPY!!! excited, nervous, curious—a whole roller coaster of feelings. A new www.PennySTee.com website look and the ability to purchase “Blasted from Complacency: A Journey from Terror to Transformation in Israel,” online. Whoohoo! Life is always about change and how we handle it. Mostly it’s been exciting but after the last few…
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My Kickstarter Campaign is Challenging My Internal Peace. . .
My Kickstarter campaign is challenging my internal Peace. On the one hand, I’m very grateful to friends who have contributed, but on the other, with 16 days to go and the balance being $1,730 vs. the $18K I hoped to achieve—let’s just say I’ve got a long way to go, baby. Will I get there?…
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Be the Hero of Your Own Story
I recently attended Publishers and Writers of Orange County, and boy do I love being around other authors and writers! The cornucopia of the talent combined with the depth of knowledge of the speaker Michael Ashley really caught my attention. Ashley believes “you should be the hero of your own story. Storytelling mastery will shortcut…
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Graduation and Life’s Transitions
Graduation and life’s transitions are on my mind. My son just graduated high school. Life is every cliché, time does fly by. He is smart, kind, got accepted into a great college and has a bright future ahead of him. At graduation, my Valedictorian looked like a Jewish Christmas tree with all of his medals,…
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Jean Houston Gives Birth, at Almost 81!
What? Okay, Penny. What are you talking about? Well, as my readers know, Jean Houston is my beloved teacher. What I mean is that she “birthed” the new me. Thankfully for both of us we avoided the usual pain given both our ages, it wouldn’t have been pretty. I recently finished my sixth class with…
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The Heart of Our 2018 Temple Women’s Retreat
You might wonder, Why Penny would you take time out of your overly-busy schedule to go on a women’s retreat? Well if you have to ask, you’ve never been, or are a man. I tried to explain it to my husband and received a blank stare. Men and women, we are different and Vive la…
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Jewish Students Harassed on U.S. College Campuses in 2018
I’ve written about the growing confrontational climate and anti-Semitism on college campuses before and unfortunately, there’s no good news, it’s still ugly, but having to attend a meeting recently by “Knowledge for College,” preparing our Jewish teens for the anti-Semitism and the intimidation they will face on college campuses rankled my nerves. Where is the…
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Our Meditation Retreat 2018
Is going on a meditation retreat something that’s on your bucket list or something you ponder whether or not you should try? These are my musings on our temple’s recent meditation retreat. Please forgive the length — I know long from me is nothing new, but you might want to put your warm snugly socks…
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Manifest Your Dreams in 2018
I’m so excited! Writers4Writers celebrated our 2nd Anniversary. How many of you know I have a writers’ support group called Writers4Writers? Yes, the marketing thing is something I’m going to conquer this year and I’ve been working on updating my website. Soon you’ll see more changes : ) But for now, note the tab that…
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2018 Planning — Dream Big!
January’s always such a great time of year. It takes me the whole month to think about what I want to happen next, and to truly begin the new year — how about you? If you don’t stop to think about where you’ve been (at least recently), and where you want to go — how can…
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Thanks 2017, Welcome 2018!
The new year is coming, and I’m so excited! Recently, after three years of dedicated, intense work — the gestation period is over and I just pushed my manuscript out into the world… woohoo! It’s been a long wondrous journey. When I decided to write the story of our family’s vacation to Israel in July 2014 —…