September 2013
Room For Improvement
A couple of years ago I was walking to synagogue with my two boys on the morning of Rosh Hashanah, ...
Writing our story in the book of life #blogelul
cross-posted from Rabbi Gurevitz’ blog, ‘Raise it Up’ One of the images found in the High Holiday liturgy is ...
Camp Turned My Son into a Teenager
A few weeks ago, in a parking lot in Montreal, with hip-hop music blaring from oversized speakers, and lanes delineated ...
Religion and Having Children
My grandfather was a Kohen , which I’ve learned (thanks to Google) means he was a Jewish priest, a descendant ...
Do We Go to High Holiday Services for the Comfort of the Boredom?
At the conclusion of Yom Kippur services, the rabbi was standing at the door shaking hands as the congregation departed. ...
Rosh HaShanah: Sanctifying Our In-Betweens
Rabbi Reuben Zellman delivered this D’var Torah on Erev Rosh HaShanah in 2006 at Congregation Sha’ar Zahav in San Francisco. ...
When The Big Game is on The Big Day
This special holiday post comes from guest blogger Rabbi Matt Rosenberg, Executive Director of Hillel at Texas A&M University. Thank ...