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Hover over "Articles" to see a list of individual articles or click on a picture or title below

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When Chocolate Isn't Enough

There were times I needed more than chocolate to get through the some of the more difficult moments in raising children. But then I got in touch with my inner chocolate.


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Kindness in Kansas


What would you do if suddenly left stranded with a few grandchildren in the middle of nowhere? Look for Irv's Kosher Market.

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Connecting Through Fasting

How can being hungry help us make a spiritual connection?

Why do we fast? What function does it serve in our spiritual life? How can being hungry and thirsty help us connect?

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The DaVinci Mode:
Seeking the Sacred Feminine in Judaism


  Written in response to the book the DaVinci Code   5766                                                                                 

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Harry’s Magic

July ‘03

Harry Potter and the Jews. A true story of what one kid learned from the teenage wizard.

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Doni's Life and Loss
An article about my son's life and death from bi-polar disorder.
This article includes a Jewish view of suicide and reminds us that the definition of "suicide" in English  is not the same as "suicide" in Jewish law.

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Four Spiritual Coping Strategies

Written in response to the comments I got on the article I wrote about the life and death of my son, here I share some of my strategies for coping with serious challenges in life.

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Am I For Real? A Shema Story


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Developmental Stages of
the Baal Teshuva

While the process is not linear, nor the same for all, there are some identifiable stages that many people go through on their journey to an observant Jewish lifestyle.

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Honey Bee Kiruv

This is an article I wrote for Horizon magazine. Learn about what I do and what's happening in "the field".

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  • Home
    • Upcoming and Current Classes
    • Meet Aliza
  • Meet Aliza
    • Video Introduction: Becoming What I Want to Be
    • Aliza Bulow-Jewish Press Article 2016
    • Yated Article: The Adopted Princess- The Story of Aliza Bulow, A Jew by Choice
    • Family First Article: From Puritan to Pure Jew The Journey of Aliza Bulow
    • My Job: Honey Bee Kiruv (Horizon Magazine)
    • Videos >
      • Becoming What I Want to Be
      • Keshet Honoree Video
      • Gitty Bulow's video
      • Shema Video
  • Audio
    • Talks from Travels
    • The Jewish University: History
    • The Jewish University: Foundations
    • Relationships and Growth >
      • A Marriage Made in Heaven
      • Strengthening Relationships
      • Parenting
      • Self Esteem
      • Bridging the [Mussar] Gap
      • Roadmap to the Real You
    • Jewish Philosophy >
      • Derech Hashem Phone Series
      • Tomer Devorah
      • Rambam's Thirteen Principles of Faith
      • Philosophy Discussion Group
      • Secret Life of Davening
    • Sefer HaChinuch
    • Holidays >
      • Passover/Pesach
      • Shavuot
      • Three Weeks and Tisha B'Av
      • Elul and High Holy Days >
        • Elul and Rosh Hashana
        • Mexico Elul 2011
        • Falling In Love With G-d
        • Ten Days of Repentance and Yom Kippur
        • Tomer Devorah
      • Chanukah
      • Purim
    • Elisheva and Yehoshua Hoffman
    • For Mikarvot >
      • Derech Hashem Phone Series
      • WIK and Campus Conference 2013 >
        • Why Women Can't Be Rabbis
      • WIK Conference 2010 and 2011
      • Bayla's Sheloshim Shiur
      • Shalom Bayit in Hebrew
  • Articles
    • Aliza's Stories >
      • Doni Bulow
      • Elisheva and Yehoshua Hoffman
      • Welling Up
      • Harry's Magic
      • Am I for Real? A Shema Story
      • Yated Article: The Adopted Princess- The Story of Aliza Bulow, A Jew by Choice
      • My First Partner in Torah
      • Kindness in Kansas
    • Lifecycle >
      • Orthodox Jewish Weddings
      • Four Spiritual Coping Strategies
      • Developmental Stages of the Baal Teshuva
    • When Chocolate Isn't Enough
    • The DaVinci Mode: Seeking the Sacred Feminine
    • Why Round Challah
    • Connecting Through Fasting
    • Reincarnation in the Book of Ruth
    • Las fases de la recién Observador
    • Honey Bee Kiruv
    • The Mitzvah of Smiling
  • Public Speaking
    • Speaking Topics
    • Sample Talks
    • Venues at Which I Have Spoken
    • Short bios and pics
    • Contact
  • Resources
    • Hire Aliza
    • My Book: Growing Together
    • Yinglish: A Lexicon of Judeo-English
    • Books I've Mentioned >
      • The Falconi Effect
    • Poems I like >
      • Sails and Souls
      • Which?
      • Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation
    • Links to Other Torah Sites
  • Contact