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Back to School: There’s a Prayer for That

I feel a little anxiety. A little sadness. I’m excited, but also a little helpless. For the first time, my ...

Dear School Officials, Please Don’t Excuse Absence from School Today. Encourage It.

Dear School Officials,Today is Yom Kippur, the most sacred day of the Jewish calendar. It is the Day of Atonement, ...

Blessings Over Burdens

This year, I decided to give the #BlogElul challenge a try. I am mostly posting Facebook statuses to explore each ...

Day of Silence: Resources for the Jewish Community

One day each year, students across the country pledge to take some form of silence. In the hallways, in the cafeteria, they ...

The Power of Gratitude

A simple street scene glimpsed on the early morning commute. A woman in her forties dressed in a sari, a ...

A Quarter Century, a Lifetime of Change

Twenty-five years ago I stood with three classmates from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and received the title “rabbi.” After five ...

Day Schools and the End of the Melting Pot

I met Peter Beinart in 1999 when he was writing an article for The Atlantic on Jewish community day schools. ...

Reading and Thinking about Books

On Monday, Tom Fields-Meyer took a look at autism and God. He will be blogging all week for the Jewish Book ...