Mourn

What I Learned from Having Purple Hair

I was hip for a week. For one week, I had a stripe of purple hair mixed in with my ...

Ouch! That Felt Great!

We have all seen some great Vaudeville or movie clip of someone being caught unaware, getting acquainted with a 2 x 4 ...

Who Are Your Heroes?

Rabbi Harold Kushner once wrote, “Ask the average person which is more important to him, making money or being devoted ...

#AmReading

Living in a house full of readers, I often find my book—the book that I reserved from the library to ...

Can Anger be a Positive Emotion?

“Do not go gentle in to that Good Night. Rage, rage against the dying of the light”These two verses by ...

Facing Loss at Rosh Hashanah

The images of the secular New Year—Times Square, Champagne in fancy glasses, funny hats and noisemakers—are all fun and happy. ...

Look Both Ways Before Crossing!

As we cross from 5774 to 5775, the Akeida (the Binding of Isaac, which is traditionally read on Rosh Hashanah) ...

Reciting Kaddish in Unconventional and Unorthodox Circumstances

There were a couple of times when I said Kaddish in some unconventional or “unorthodox” circumstances, but they were quite ...

Lessons I Learned From Reciting Kaddish for Mom

The recitation of Kaddish benefits both the soul of the departed loved one, as well as the mourner.

Life After Love: Cher & Jewish Mourning Rituals

In October 2013, when I bought my tickets to see Cher’s Dressed to Kill tour, which would be playing down ...

What is a Community?

A few days ago, I ran across an article asking a rabbi what a person could do instead of going ...

Some Helpful Advice on Starting and Ending a Period of Mourning

Anyone who knows me even a bit also knows that I thrive on social contact and interacting with people. However, ...