Learning

Sleep to Dream, Dream to Plan, Plan to Act

This winter vacation, I slept more than I had in recent memory. Heading to Upstate New York with my wife ...

Embracing Challenges

I have a weak knee, which may someday need to be replaced. I know the single most important thing I ...

Coming Out at Our JCC

My three-year-old loves her preschool. Now in her third year there, she has friends she is close to, teachers she ...

Finding Helen Keller’s Thank You-Note to a Southern Rabbi

“The birds are gone.  The life that throbbed through tree, bush and grass is stilled.  The ground is frozen so ...

The Soul You Have Given Me (And The Spirits, Too)…

I grew up and live now in New Orleans. When people think of religion in New Orleans, they might think ...

Passover: Fact or Fiction

Passover is definitely one of my favorite holidays. It’s generally observed at home – with friends and/or family. There are ...

Dancing with “The” Truth About Jewish Learning

I am very active personally and professionally in the New Orleans Jewish community. Recently, I began teaching a beginner adult ...

Why “Useless” Knowledge Still Has Value

I can’t get anywhere without my phone’s GPS (which my wife and I have named “Miriam”). We’re so reliant on it that there ...

Getting to Know Yom Kippur

Making the holiday meaningful when you didn't grow up with it.

Sleepless in North Georgia: This Is What Happens When Jews Convene

I took a look at my cell phone clock, which read 7:05 AM. I was incredibly sleepy, but not because ...