Someday our current sorrows will be memories, woven into the tapestry of our shared destiny.

As a rabbi, I have been asked many times what it means to be holy. Most literally, the Hebrew word ...

And a couple of puzzling rugelach hot takes.

Commemorating the foundational event in Jewish history makes Jews who they are.

My children have defeated me.

In this moment of crisis, we need to let things arise and evaporate, leaving us unburdened enough to do the work of peace.

The covenant reflects the ongoing relationship between God and the Jewish people.

Fertility of the womb and fertility of the land are divine gifts.

Male converts to Judaism are traditionally required to undergo circumcision or, if already circumcised, a ritual removal of a single drop of blood.

Moses tells the Children of Israel that the covenant includes all of them, including the pious and faithful as well as the rebellious and confused.