November 2016

The Case for Still Giving Thanks (With a Little Help from Hebrew)

In the best of years, Thanksgiving is a complicated holiday. Its complications are multi-level, valid, and not easily overcome. Many ...

A Call to Action After Trans Day of Remembrance

Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), memorializes trans individuals who have died because of anti-transgender discrimination and victimization. It occurs annually on ...

On Being Stuck in Traffic with a Full Minivan

In 2013, I gathered together seven friends from my community to attend the JOFA Conference.  We clambered into my Toyota ...

Turkey Day – Trouble or Treat?

For many of us, the Thanksgiving holiday is like a ritual that we observe similarly each and every year. We ...

Stitching Tradition: Southern & Jewish Fiber Art Judaica

I come from a family of talented women—women who are “makers,” who always seemed to have a needle in their ...

Meditation and Medication

Judaism is not just a religion based on commandments and laws. Practicing Judaism and knowledge of Jewish Philosophy gives us ...

Do You Know A Creative, Talented Rabbi?

If the answer is yes, then you should encourage them to apply to join the Rabbis Without Borders Network!CLAL’s Rabbis ...

Trans Day of Remembrance: To Every Thing There is a Season

A few weeks ago, many Jewish communities, mine included, read from Megilat Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) during the holiday of Sukkot. I ...

Seeking Human Kindness

This has been a momentous time – and while I believe in the absolute separation of church and state, I ...

Spiritual Medicine

Jewish sages decided that intense mourning time should be seven days only.