Ariel Goldstein LSW

Ariel Goldstein, LSW, LMSW, is a writer and speaker exploring Jewish life, mental health, family, and antisemitism. Her work has appeared in Tablet, Aish.com, Jewish Journal, JNS, Jewish Action, and more.

The Sukkah Is Temporary. So Are Our Emotions

By Ariel Goldstein LSW

Sukkot is the only pilgrimage festival that doesn’t commemorate a major historical event. Instead, it marks a paradox: G-d protected us in fragile huts during the most destabilizing period of Jewish history, our forty-year wilderness journey.