16 Elul 5786/August 29, 2026
Rabbi Batsheva Appel
Writer and activist Terry Tempest Williams relates that her mother’s dying bequest was her journals, which came with the request that they not be read “until after I’m gone.”
Afterwards, Williams describes finding the clothbound journals neatly filling three shelves exactly where her mother said they would be. Williams hesitated; it seemed to be an invasion of her mother’s privacy, despite her request. Eventually, she made herself a cup of tea and sat down to read, expecting her mother’s thoughts about life. She opened the… Continue