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May 07, 2023

Perla Zaltzman - Personal agency, academic competition, feminism, life after loss.

1 hour 20 minutes

Perla was born and raised in Paris, France and has been co- director of Chabad of Niagara since 2005 where her and her husband Zalman serve the community.
Currently pursuing a PHD at Brock University with a research focus on academic competition. She is a wife, community leader and mother to six children. Five in her arms and one up in heaven.
Perla's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/perlazaltzman/
Link to more info on Chabad of Niagara https://www.jewishniagarafalls.com/
Book referenced in episode:
https://www.amazon.com/Its-Not-Over-When-Goodbye/dp/B0991C7Y68
Topics covered in this episode:

Perla's early years

making your "shlichus" or workload, work for you

language for over achievers

competition & the school systems, who benefits?

why is nuance getting lost these days?

can you be a religious feminist?

social media, her take

societies trouble with grief

Perla's experience with losing her daughter

memorializing loved ones regardless of push back

staying grounded

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