Something Joyful This Way Comes
Wisdom for the Journey—coming to your inbox every other week
Friends,
We’re relaunching the Yerusha Substack—and the timing feels right.
We’re a week into Adar, the month when tradition tells us joy increases. That might sound strange given... gestures broadly at the world. But we’ve never understood joy as the absence of struggle. Joy is what sustains us through the struggle. It’s defiance and nourishment both—the insistence on celebrating life even when the world seems bent on forgetting its sacredness.
So here we are, choosing joy. Choosing connection. Choosing to share wisdom for the journey.
Starting next week, you can expect a biweekly dose of Wisdom for the Journey: reflections, teachings, and stories from Yerusha’s teachers, graduates, and volunteers. You’ll hear from Reb Nadya and Reb Victor, of course, but also from the wider community that carries this work forward—voices shaped by Wisdom School, Sage-ing, Deep Ecumenism, and the many streams that flow through Yerusha.
What’s coming? Essays and reflections grounded in lived experience. Poetry. Interviews. Occasionally, something you can listen to or watch. Content that speaks to all of Yerusha’s core areas: earth-centered spirituality, conscious aging, interfaith coexistence, and the wisdom traditions we steward.
Two changes worth noting:
First, we’re opening the entire archive to all subscribers. If you’ve been curious about what we’ve published before, now’s your chance to explore. Dive into Reb Victor’s spicy post on Purim, or the Teshuvah teachings, the gratitude reflections—it’s all there.
Second, going forward, most content will remain free. Only a handful of deeper posts will move behind the paywall after a period of time. If you want to support our work—and get uninterrupted access to our teachers’ writings—consider becoming a paid subscriber. But if that’s not in the cards, you’re still welcome here.
The first regular post drops next week. Until then, take a wander through the archive. And if something moves you, share it.
We’re glad you’re here.
B’vracha / In blessing,
David, on behalf of the Yerusha team