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

To find out more about Adele and her work, please visit https://www.lifeslookingood.com/
Adele's Instagram https://www.instagram.com/lifeslookingood/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y%3D