July 2015
To Find God – Take the Summer Off
Why is it that synagogue and church attendance drops in the summer? For years, churches and synagogues have noticed what ...
Survival of the Self: Continuously Cultivating an Independent Identity
Like everyone else, I balance different aspects of my identity: American, Jew, New Yorker, educator, feminist, mother, white, spouse, runner, ...
How A Jew Buys Cowboy Boots in Texas
Last week while I was visiting my hometown of Austin, Texas, I was moved to get a new pair of ...
My Brain is Full! And So Is My Heart.
One of my favorite Gary Larson cartoons features a boy in a classroom, hand raised, as he says: “May I ...
The Devil You Know
For all of Torah’s miracles large and small, the story of a talking donkey who sees an angel is perhaps ...
Empowering Bat Mitzvah Girls
A few years ago my family was living in Israel and attending a synagogue near our home. One Shabbat, our ...
Why We Should Separate Civil and Religious Marriage. And Why We Shouldn’t.
Same sex marriage is now the law of the land. The Supreme Court’s ruling last week in Obergefell v. Hodges ...