Dear Community,

This past weekend, USA Today published an op-ed I wrote that was inspired by something Odessa said recently that stopped me in my tracks. It led to a number of bigger picture thoughts about what we can learn -- what kind of world we want, and how we want to be living -- as we embark on the next phase of this pandemic. Read my USA Today op-ed here.

Also in this week’s newsletter: In 2016 Ken and I made a 12 min film, The Whole Cinemagillah, that we made for an artist-in-residency at The National Museum of American Jewish History tbut never premiered online. The Whole Cinemagillah will premiere online for an amazing all-night event, DAWN, this Thursday night right after Davia Nelson from the acclaimed Kitchen Sisters talks to me about creativity, the pandemic and more. All info below.

This week’s guest baker for our #ZoomChallahBake (like a clambake but with challah) is Dr. Michael Rich from Harvard and The Center on Media & Child Health. He is amazing and while we are kneading dough, we'll be discussing all sorts of things, including the guide he just released for parents on screens and mental health. Also: a great interview with David Pescovitz and Carl Sagan’s wife and daughter Ann Druyan and Sasha Sagan on Science and Ritual in a Time of Flux and an interview I did for the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination; the Bay Area Book Festival’s online events and more.

Tiffany

Ps. And here’s the newest member of our family. Meet Rosalind Franklin (the scientist who never got enough credit for helping discover DNA) --and Rosie the Riveter for short and Rosie for shorter. Her Yiddish name is Schmelke from Nickolsburg.

On a recent clear Saturday morning, our 17-year-old daughter Odessa strapped on her face mask, and turned to me, my husband Ken, and our other daughter, all masked and said, “Our screen-free day is the only day I don’t feel like we’re in quarantine.”

There’s a difference between the limits you have to follow and the ones you choose.

READ THE FULL OP-ED

#ZoomChallahBake - Fridays at 10am PT

This week, May 29, we'll have Dr. Michael Rich, Director of the Center on Media and Child Health at Harvard's Boston's Children's Hospital. Dr. Michael Rich just released this Digital Wellness Guide for families here. Hope you can join us for thought-provoking discussion about screen times and our mental health as I teach Dr. Rich how to make challah. If you don't have yeast, ask your neighbors. It's a very bonding thing to do.

On June 5 we'll be joined by cookbook author Katie Morford. On June 12, we'll have activist Kimberly Ellis, to talk about what we need to do for the upcoming election.

We start at 10 am PDT/1 pm EDT every Friday.

All info & Register for ZoomChallahBake

The Whole Cinemegillah - Online Premiere

Excited for the online premiere of The Whole Cinemegillah during a all-night arts festival. Davia Nelson from the acclaimed Kitchen Sisters interviewed me before the premiere at 12:30am for 20 minutes and then the film shows online. DAWN is Reboot’s all-night interpretation of the magical and mighty holiday of Shavuot (May 28-29). Spend the night immersed in the arts, music, comedy, food, film and conversation - all presented by some of the greatest artists, rabbis and thinkers of our generation. Produced in association with the Jewish Emergent Network, DAWN will be an unforgettable night of diverse and creative learning. www.rebooters.net/dawn.

The Joys of Fixing Your Own Stuff

Ken and I loved this article from the New York Times on how satisfying quarantine DIY repairs can be. Read more here.

Science and Ritual in a Time of Flux

Over the eons, our relationship to science and ritual has been inextricably linked to our understanding of our place in the universe. Join Emmy Award-winning writer, director, producer Ann Druyan and her daughter, author Sasha Sagan, in conversation with Boing Boing co-founder David Pescovitz to talk about emerging philosophies that can provide hope as we struggle to adjust to our new normal on Earth.

This is a fantastic conversation by Reboot Ideas. Watch here.

Arthur C. Clarke Interview for "Into the Impossible"

It was great to speak with Stuart Volkow for the Arthur C. Clarke Center for Human Imagination's "Into the Impossible" video podcast. Watch here.

Bay Area Book Festival Goes Virtual #Unbound

The Bay Area Book Festival has moved online. I hope you can join me on Thursday June 4 at 7 pm PDT for a conversation on unplugging with Chloe Veltman. Register here. See the full schedule of events including talks with Adam Hochschild, David Talbot, and Eimear McBride and more here.

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