Tonight I will light 5 candles with my family. One for each night of Chanukah and an extra called the shamash. The shamash is the “helper” or the “servant”. It is placed in a slightly exalted position on the chanukia, it is the bringer of light, used expressly to ignite all the other ...

I can’t stop crying. None of us can. Oceans of grief roll through for a multitude of reasons at any given time. It’s hard to think, plan, or construct a full sentence. The greater Los Angeles area is still in an acute crisis as I write this. The winds are not through with us, the lack of rain looms, and the electric current of fear that more untold devastation may be around the corner is palpable...

I tried to stay off the internet that day. I don’t know about you, but I’m sick and tired of being stressed out by what men in power with bad hair, worse fashion sense, and criminal records or intent are going to do to us all next. I’m not saying what they have planned isn’t anything short of terrorizing, but I’m no longer offering my cortisol to their whirligig willy-nilly...

There’s a predictable moment in the year when the news cycle slows and the same types of articles fill the blogosphere: Did You Know That Your Astrology Sign Is Wrong? Have You Heard of the 13th Sign? Why You’re No Longer a Scorpio! These relentless headlines are designed to attract...

Like any school of thought that disrupts the status quo, astrology isn’t a stranger to controversy. And we at CHANI would like to address the elephant — or serpent-bearer — in the room: Ophiuchus. Aside from providing a powerful tool for self-discovery, astrology is a numbers game. There are 12 zodiac signs...

I was asleep when the scorpion stung me. In my dream, a hot, sharp needle pierced deep into my finger, all the way to the bone. The pain woke me; I remember yelling. I remember something crawling across my right shoulder, …