July 2016

An African American Jew Journeys to Orthodoxy

Life is a journey for each of us. It’s full of twists and turns and sometimes things happen to us ...

Saying Goodbye To The House That Became A Home

When a person moves to a new house, there are rituals, of sorts, that celebrate the milestone. We hang a ...

How to Fall on Your Face: The Spiritual Art of Leadership

This post is for you if you ever felt small after receiving critique or challenge, or that a leadership burden is too heavy, or ...

What Korach can teach us about Brexit, and other political rebellions

I’m writing this post as I’m about to depart for Europe. First stop, London, and then on to Portugal. In ...

Fighting Cancer The Southern & Jewish Way

Two months ago, something unexpected happened: I found out that I had stage three cancer.Since then, my life has been ...

Leadership & Responsibility: Role-Modeling from Within

As part of our summer blog series on 21st Century Skills, we are featuring personal stories from camp alumni and ...

How the Unnecessary Became Necessary

I come from a rather Modern Orthodox, Ashkenazi family that is composed mostly of women. The only male in my ...

The Last Torah Blog

It’s time that the religious blog, if not all blogs, to go the way of the 8-track tape, and make ...

On Being a Rabbi in Mississippi, Taking the Stand (Literally) Against Discrimination

When I began my position as Director of Rabbinic Services at the Institute of Southern Jewish Life just over two years ...