illness
What do you do when a prayer… sort of stinks?
As someone who struggles with chronic illness, this prayer has proven extra difficult for me, as it seems to imply that a body that works differently might not be fit to pray before God.
A Missing Friend is a Holy Clue
It turns out that feeling bad can have physical advantages to help heal.
Fighting Cancer The Southern & Jewish Way
Two months ago, something unexpected happened: I found out that I had stage three cancer.Since then, my life has been ...
Doctors and Matchmakers: A More Perfect Union?
Everybody wants the best for their children, especially when it comes to marriage. The choice of a spouse by a ...
From Slavery to Freedom, From Grief to Joy
In ten days we will be surrounded by these same boxes in a different house. After nine months of preparation—purging ...
The Ellipsis
No thunder, bolts of lightning, heavenly voices, not even a friendly angel. Nonetheless, a transforming life experience, frozen in time ...
Advice for Friends of the Ailing: Just Be Present.
Recently my email inbox has been filled with updates from three friends who are sick and using Caringbridge.com to update ...
Queer Clergy in Action: Rabbi Elliot Kukla
Welcome to our fifth installment of “Queer Clergy in Action,” spotlighting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender rabbis and cantors. This ...
Illness: Beyond the Boundary of Faith
Years ago, a Jewish woman, a 15-year survivor of cancer, came to me with a confession. “Rabbi,” she said, “When ...
The Power of Blessing Someone
What is in the power of a name? Why is naming someone in prayer so sacred and moving? I will ...