April 2016
Passover, Shabbat and Rat Poison – Poisoning Ourselves With the Poison Used Against Us
This year the first day of Passover fell on Shabbat. Can we find a deeper connection between Shabbat and Passover?Perhaps we ...
Freedom From and Freedom To
Tonight marks the beginning of Passover. Jews ask over the world will gather to celebrate zman cheirutenu, the season of ...
Why is This Night Different From All Other Nights?
This year, I will be spending most of Pesach (Passover) in a small town in southwestern Missouri. I will be ...
The Passover Egg: Symbol of a Weeping Earth
Coming out of Egypt, the Children of Israel crossed the Sea of Reeds (also known as the Red Sea) walking ...
At Passover & Always: On Freedom, Religion… And Welcoming Everyone
Sometimes, being Southern and Jewish means raising our voice. The Board of Directors of the Institute of Southern Jewish Life ...
The Missed Kitniyot Opportunity
Passover 2016 hasn’t even begun, and I’m already frustrated with so much talk about food. Well, this year it’s not ...
Why Passover Is About A Lot More Than Good Food
What is the essence of Passover? On the one hand, it seems obvious: Passover is about gathering together with loved ...
Watch: A Synagogue’s Taylor Swift-inspired “Now We Got Matzah”
For the third year in a row, Elyse Heise, a member of my congregation, Congregation B’nai Shalom in Westborough, Massachusetts, has ...
Passover, Then and Now
Pesach (Passover) is my favorite holiday. I enjoy reading about the journey from slavery to freedom and the journey of ...
A Timely Poetic Discovery
We live in exciting times – but also trying times. Over the last year, in particular, I have observed and ...