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From Fellow to Fellowship: Embracing My Southern Jewish Experience
A couple weeks ago, I was returning from vacation and was waiting for my bag at the Jackson airport baggage ...
How a Trip to Cuba Changed My Perspective
I just returned from a congregational mission trip to Cuba yesterday. It is quite possibly one of the most interesting ...
Why This Rabbi No Longer Says “No” To Interfaith Weddings
Over the course of more than 18 years in the rabbinate, there has been one question that I was asked ...
Why I Must March
I will be marching in the Women’s March on January 21, 2017 in Washington DC because I must. It is ...
Dr. King’s Radical Faith
Almost everyone I know is bone-weary or disillusioned or angry or ashamed or frightened or struggling. Paralyzed with stunned disbelief.Or ...
Knit One, Purl One, Connect Two
For as long as I can remember, my Nana has been making things for her six grandchildren. There were the ...
Make Your Voice Heard
A strange thing happened in the wake of the election, and is intensifying now that the inauguration is next week.People ...
As an Orthodox Rabbi’s Wife, I was Grateful for Planned Parenthood
Infertility is defined as the failure or inability to become pregnant for a minimum of 12 months. What medical books ...
How Can Jews Talk About Race?
How can Jews talk about race? How can Jews not talk about race? Race is part of all of our ...
PTSD + Preeminence = Moral Schizophrenia
A few nights ago I made a presentation for ‘Noar Shorashim’, the Roots Initiative youth group that brings together high ...
I Don’t Resolve – I Make Plans, Based On Jewish Values
As the New Year approached, many people took out the pen and paper to note down their resolutions. Now the ...
A Spiritual Assist for Keeping New Year’s Resolutions
New Year’s resolutions are hard to keep. So in the past I did not bother at all. This year, is ...
Philanthropist Charles Feeney, Maimonides and Anonymous Giving
I recently read an article in the New York Times about Charles F. Feeney, whom the headline calls the “James Bond ...
A Letter to my Younger Self Series: Ailsa
Dear Ailsa,It may seem strange, this being a letter from the future. The last thing you want right now is ...
Judaism in a Cloud-Based Economy
Last week, my phone wouldn’t charge. Since it was still under warranty, I got a loaner phone while it was shipped ...