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More than Enough: So Hard to Say Thank You

I remember when my eldest child(now 11) first learned to say the words, “Thank you.” At first, I was happy ...

Bat Mitzvah as Rite of Passage into Self and Community

My daughter Ktoret Ashira was born on Yom Kippur in Jerusalem in 2001. Two and a half years ago we ...

Getting More Comfortable With the Culture of Prayer in the South

In the South, people pray a lot. It’s all around us: on TV, on billboards, at football games, even at ...

A Hug and a (Christian) Prayer

“People from the United Church of Canada like to hug,” said my friend B.I filed this random fact away under ...

MLK Day: My Second Birthday

Many see Martin Luther King Jr. Day as a day off, but for my family, it’s a second birthday. The ...

Between the Holy and the Frustrating

It’s Friday afternoon in a quiet Maryland suburb. Cars pull into driveways and kids get off school buses, ready to ...

Talking to God

A few years ago, I was invited to become part of an interfaith clergy group in Brooklyn. The group had ...

Shehecheyanu: The Jewish Blessing for Firsts (video)

The Shehecheyanu blessing, explained in this video that was produced by our friends at G-dcast, gives thanks to God for ...

Yom Kippur 2016

Click here for more questions and answers about Yom Kippur.When is Yom Kippur?Yom Kippur 2016 begins at sunset on Tuesday, ...

Beyond Despair, Our Responsibility to the Children of Newtown

What has changed in the three years since Newtown? The children and teachers of Sandy Hook Elementary were no different ...

Why I’m Tired of Praying for Peace

We moved into Shabbat last week with the news of the attacks in Paris on our minds. The multiple coordinated ...

A Prayer For Paris

On Saturday night, my husband and I went to a local pub to listen to music. Then we came home ...