Aryeh's Israel Outlook

  Mayim Bialik :  “ What a fascinating journey Aryeh presents us with and takes us on . It is a beautiful exploration of self and identity ; the movement of his body through Israel echoes the movement of his spirit from loneliness and fear to strength and fulfillment. What a metaphor for so many of our journeys in this life!”  Mayim Bialik, actress (Big Bang Theory, Blossom); author; activist (Grok Nation); neuroscientist. Finding Peace in the Promised Land Lessons for life and love learned on the Israel Trail Aryeh Green, author of My Israel Trail: Finding Peace in the Promised Land , published in May 2018, hiked the entire length and breadth of Israel on Shvil Yisrael – the Israel National Trail – following his devastating divorce.  The lessons he learned on the physical trek, enabling the personal growth to move ahead with his life, and his intimate encounter with the Land and people of Israel along the way, are the uplifting basis of his inspiring...

[This post has nothing to do with Israel but everything to do with me. I figured if Mayim can put herself out there so personally, so can I. :-)] I saw a video the other day posted by Mayim Bialik about how she and her ex-husband are managing to construct a family dynamic filled with love and respect, raising their children together after their divorce, even spending religious holidays together. This got me thinking about my situation after my divorce – and remarriage – and about how the "new normal" in family life poses so many challenges to so many of us these days. According to recent statistics, more marriages end in divorce in America today than last the lifetime they were supposedly intended to.* It's a tragic and disturbing reality – certainly for those of us, married or otherwise, who see the institution of marriage as just that: forever. And the challenges this reality poses are significant. How to spend vacation and religious festivals, and with whom, is only...