Yom Kippur
A Few Facts About Fasting in Jewish Tradition
This summer, two things happened at once, making me think about fasting in a whole new way—and as Yom Kippur ...
Spiritual Not Religious at Rosh Hashanah
Shabbat dinner with young university students can be an adventure. My husband and I warm them up with a few ...
Inspiration
When we open our eyes in the morning, when we are confronted with challenges, when we seek to create beauty, ...
5 Questions to Ask Yourself for the New Year
1. Am I living the life I want? Yup, that’s a big one to contemplate. Even a bit scary. But ...
The National Anthem Is Not a Loyalty Pledge. It’s Liturgy.
When I was a kid, I would always leave the service on Yom Kippur day when it came time for ...
The Main Thing is to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing
If you had walked into Washington D.C.’s L’Enfant Plaza on the morning of January 12, 2007, you would have been ...
Goals and Hopes During Elul
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 ...
Arrived: First of Our Long Awaited Refugee Families!
Or Shalom, Vancouver’s East-Side Shul, the synagogue I serve as spiritual leader, is a community of 200 households that has ...
Why Is Yom Kippur So Late This Year?
In 2016, Yom Kippur doesn't start until mid-October. Here's why.
How to Make Gravlax
Have you ever made gravlax? If you have, then you know how easy and simple it is. And if you ...
Savory Cheese Kugel Recipe for Shavuot
Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks, marks the end of the seventh week counting of the Omer from the start of ...
Throwback Thursday: Texas for the Holidays
After the end of my two-year term as an ISJL Education Fellow, I moved back to Massachusetts to begin rabbinical ...