September 2016

“How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it. Happy Passover y’all.”This was the caption that I wrote on one of ...

If you had walked into Washington D.C.’s L’Enfant Plaza on the morning of January 12, 2007, you would have been ...

I have enjoyed a number of rousing conversations with more traditional colleagues about evidence (or lack thereof) of Divine revelation ...

My thoughts of late – perhaps provoked rather than inspired – have been about women. Specifically, women in the military. ...

Rosh Hashanah is coming. I know, because rabbinic colleagues are posting on Facebook about their daily preparation of sermons, and Jewish blogs ...

For me, it’s the river that won my heart.In the summer of 2007, I was traveling in a hot van ...

The surest way to evaluate a society’s achievement at creating a system that is equitable to all is to examine ...

It’s the most magical time of the year.And it’s not Christmas.It’s Elul!I love the month of Elul because it is ...

I went shopping for a new tallit (prayer shawl) at two competing Boston Judaica shops last week. In both stores I ...

On Shabbat, the 2nd of Av, about a week before Jews across the world fasted to mourn the destruction of ...