Hanukkah 2018

The Festival of Lights

Each year Hanukkah is celebrated by millions of people of the Jewish faith. ‘Hanukkah’ is Hebrew for dedication. The dedication to the temple in Jerusalem is celebrated with the festival of lights, a nightly lighting of the menorah.

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What a Year!

Resistance in Review

I wanted to start this post with a lighthearted list of resolutions. But here are some of my more serious highlights from this past year.

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Yael Kanarek
Meet Alex B.

Love Thyself

I first met Alex at Abraço, my favorite cafe off E 7th and 1st. It was spring and there was an air of newness everywhere,  from the budding weeds in the sidewalk cracks to relationships starting and ending.

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Yael Kanarek
Run, Ladies, Run!

For the Runner in All of Us

Admittedly, I was never a runner. Not for lack of trying, though. My best time was 2 miles in 40 minutes after running for eight months (don’t laugh. Okay laugh.)

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Yael Kanarek
Wear a Poem

Close to Your Heart

Bringing exceptional verse close to the heart has a been a mission of ours and a source of great inspiration. Here are three poems by masters of the pen, Khalil Gibran, Leah Goldberg, and Gertrude Stein.

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Yael Kanarek
Green Tara Mantra Jewelry

The Rescuer From Bad Dreams

The earrings and pendant are designed in a beautiful Tibetan script. The mantra repeats twice with OM at the top and the bottom. These fine jewelry pieces are created in 18K gold and white diamonds pave and made to order.

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Yael Kanarek
Meet Eileen Preiss

Imagine Peace

"What would make an impact on women in a very practical way, that would allow them to participate in establishment institutions, where they had been pretty much rejected?"

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Yael Kanarek
Meet Kerry Ryan

Love, Life and Family

"I wanted something a little more personal to me, not only are the words beautiful and have meaning to me, but James Joyce is Irish and I grew up in Ireland so the words are a more intimate choice for me. My life is about love."

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Yael Kanarek
Meet Blossom Leilani Crawford

Sing my song

We met with Blossom Leilani Crawford, at her sun-lit studio, Bridges Pilates, in Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn. A year prior, we created for her a custom necklace that says, "Sing my song KSG." 

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Yael Kanarek