(Jewish Journal) A newly announced $320,000 multi-year grant from the Ruderman Family Foundation will enable the BaMidbar organization to bring its unique mental health approach and adventure-based clinical therapy to Jewish teenagers and young adults in the Boston area.
There are many customs on Purim, but I have been very focused on the tradition of dressing up, specifically around how this connects to identity. When we wear a costume, we hide one identity and present another. Over the past few months, I have been thinking about just this: how we decide which parts of our identity to hide and which to present to the outside world.