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Perelman's brother Baruch HaLevi is
studying to be a rabbi with Rabbi Elie
Kaplan Spitz (author of Does the Soul
Survive?, see related story) in
California, and the family has always
held a deeply religious belief system.
"I knew how to get spirituality
through my son's theology," says Jan.
"But this is foreign. I have to suspend
belief about what Rebecca does and
delve deeper to relate it to a Jewish
context."
As her loving and supportive broth-
er, HaLevi deems Rebecca "a model of
pure ideals and what is possible if and
when you believe in yourself and your
vision." He believes she has been cho-
sen to do what she does.
HaLevi recalls Rebecca's high school
years when boys lined up wanting to
date her. "Becky graciously and confi-
dently turned them down. It wasn't
that she was snobbish or prudish; she
was both comfortable with being alone
and an idealist. She had a dream of
her prince charming and she could not
and would not settle for anything else.
"Others told her she was crazy,"
remembers HaLevi. "They didn't
understand her ways then and I'm sure
they still don't fully understand now
Becky was true to herself and, in the
end, she was right, both in regard to
finding her prince and in regard to her
gift with the realm beyond."
For Shelly, who always has had a
completely open relationship with his
daughter, acceptance comes easily.
"Becky's my telephone operator," he
says. "When she tells me something
I
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do it." (He's in Santa Fe this month
finishing a book he's writing, per
Rebecca's instruction.)
Shelly muses that it must have been
hard for his daughter to go from being
a young Jewish college woman to a
psychic medium who feels an awesome
responsibility to all those around her.
"She receives words from a higher
power and feels an overriding need to
share that gift," he says. "It's energy we
can't see, feel or touch. But all of us
are searching — and most people are
ready to hear."
When Shelly's mother came to
Rebecca, the young psychic medium
began telling Shelly things she couldn't
know, including details about her
grandmother's suicide.
"It was cathartic for me. I've since
had lots of conversations with Mom
and I got rid of my guilt about her
suicide," he says. "I believe we're all
guided by guardian angels and those
who love us. Accept it as a truth and it
lightens your burdens."
This seems to be a recurring theme

that runs through the readings
Perelman provides for her clients.
Steve Mandell, a Southfield psycholo-
gist, admitted his skepticism, but says
he came away impressed.
"My whole concept of life and death
has opened up," he says. "Death is not
to be feared. I walked out of the read-
ing with a sense of calm and serenity."
Attorney Steinberg, 37, a
Reconstructionist Jew, who grew up in
a Conservative Jewish household,
believes in a spiritual world and tries
to accept different philosophies and
religions.
"Had I evaluated the reading as an
attorney, I would be skeptical," says
Steinberg. "But I didn't put a judg-
ment on it, or an emotional value. My
grandmother, may she rest in peace, is
a guide in my life, and I spoke to her.
I walked away hopeful."
Brian, Rebecca's young fiance,
admits he was indifferent to her gift
at first. "Not skeptical, just indiffer-
ent. I've never asked for a reading. I
prefer to keep our professional lives
separate. But I believe it's her respon-
sibility to share her gift."
For Brian, Rebecca is simply the
woman with whom he wants to spend
the rest of his life. "My connection to
her was immediate," he says.

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Delivering The Message

So what, exactly, happens when you sit
across from Perelman on the couch in
the coffee shop? She simply asks your
complete name, then says a brief
prayer of protection from ghosts, or
negative spirits.
Almost immediately, she "sees orbs
or energy balls, like bubbles. It's the
soul of a spirit." Sometimes, they will
turn into human shapes or different
images. Always, she's clairaudient (able
to hear voices clearly); sometimes she's
clairvoyant.
"Everything I hear or see is from
someone who 'crossed over,"' she says.
"I don't read minds or predict futures;
I just deliver messages."
She hands over the session to God
and to spirit guides, the spirits of those
who have lived a human life. Spirit
guides orchestrate the conversation.
When you no longer need the vessel
of a body, and you have learned and
evolved to the point where you can
empathize fully, you don't come back
as a person, you become a spirit guide,
according to Perelman.
God oversees all. He sends the spirit
guides and the angels. Angels, says
Perelman, have never lived a human
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