March 2015

A Hundred Thousand Miracles

I cannot remember the last time I switched on the news—be it on the television or the radio—or glanced at a newspaper headline ...

Listen to Your Head and Your Heart When You Make the Next Change in your Professional Career

Two years ago, I ignored every rational and logical thought in my head.I was completing the twentieth year of a ...

Passover: a Tribute to Women’s Wisdom

Over the generations women did not wait until the night of the Seder to show their commitment to upholding tradition. ...

Colombia: Encountering the Other, Finding Ourselves

Pining for adventure? Missing the warmth and the sun? The Be’chol Lashon/Vanderbilt Hillel Student Trip to Colombia combined both together ...

Boom. Torah.  Boom.  Midrash.  Boom.  #Nadiviating

Today was about Torah and today was about midrash.I have been teaching our 3rd graders about the Torah readings we’ve ...

Spotlight On: Midland/Odessa, Texas (31.9425° N, 102.2019° W)Welcome to the first installment of Spotlight.A lot of us think the subject ...

My Second Trip to the Mikveh

June, 1997, Cincinnati, OHIt was the end of a journey. It was the beginning of a transition. I had spent ...

Social Media, Social Justice, and Social Self-Selection

We live in a world dominated by social media, and for an increasing number of us it’s how we get ...

The Jewish Case for Daylight Saving Time

This past Sunday was one of my favorite days of the year, the day we set the clocks forward for ...

This Passover Choose Judaism

My wife and I are an interracial couple. I am a White, Ashkenazi Jewish man from New York. She is ...

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