I write some Girls in Trouble songs because I am drawn to a particular character or story; others are commissions or requests. This song was commissioned by G-dcast, a San Francisco-based organization who create wonderful animations of Torah and Jewish
Miriam’s exile strikes me as particularly harsh for two reasons. First, she is Moses’ older sister and has protected him before. Second, as you probably noticed, both Miriam and Aaron criticize their brother Moses but only Miriam is punished. In
Examine modern labor justice issues to allow students to consider their own stance on events like the 2013 collapse of a clothing factory in Bangladesh or the reports of poor working conditions in Chinese factories that produce iPhones and iPads.
