ABSTRACT
Judaism has played an important part in my life. The religious aspect of being Jewish has waxed and waned over the course of my life, but everything I have done and continue to do is connected to my Jewish identity. Although had I been asked just a couple of years ago what part Judaism plays in my professional life I would have said that it is a part of my political activism, academic activism, and my activism in professional organizations like the American Psychological Association and the American Counseling Association, but it doesn't play a part in my therapy practice as a psychologist. Now I recognize that my Jewish identity is central to all I am and all I do. All other parts of my identity flow from that solid Jewish trunk. I probably would not have chosen to be an academic and a therapist if not for my Jewish core.
