September 2016

I remember where I was sitting. It was a spring day in Minneapolis, Minnesota. I was wearing my white button ...

A Daniel come to judgement! yea, a Daniel! The Merchant of Venice, IV.i.218Shylock’s triumphant interjection is an overt, if ironic, ...

What is Jewish music?For some it is the violins of Klezmer. For others it is Leonard Bernstein. For Sarah Aroeste ...

When I was a kid, I would always leave the service on Yom Kippur day when it came time for ...

One of the things I most love about the High Holidays is their focus on universality. During the rest of ...

This is the third installment in my three-part series on “becoming Southern and Jewish.”After “coming out” as Jewish in the ...

In 2001, at the age of 52, I went from being Single and Orthodox to Married and (still) Orthodox. That ...

I’ve learned my lesson. I’m just saying no to The Container Store.The Container Store is an amazing place. They stock ...

It’s not even Rosh Hashanah, and some people are already talking about Hanukkah! There’s a new children’s book: Shmelf the ...

“I don’t want your Paradise, I don’t want your World to Come, I want only You—You alone.” —Rabbi Schneur Zalman ...