Yom Kippur

Gratitude and Forgiving the Unforgivable

A while back I suggested a unique way of doing the chesbon nefesh (soul’s accounting) we are expected to do ...

Fasting on Yom Kippur and other fasting holidays is probably not your favorite part of Judaism, and it’s certainly not ...

It was a small miracle when the Northern Virginia Pride (NOVA) committee scheduled its first pride after three years of planning and ...

“May you be Written in the Book of Life” is such a nice phrase to utter at this time of ...

Though most Jews name Hanukkah, Purim or Passover as their favorite of the many (many) holidays, I have always been ...

A minor cultural kerfuffle flared up recently about airline seats and the question of whether to recline or not.On a ...

Change is difficult. It can only happen when we reflect on the present and imagine different possibilities for going forward. ...

We live with a practical tradition. We begin the New Year with ten days devoted to introspection. Between Rosh Hashanah and ...

When I entered rabbinical school, I never imagined I would become a rabbi of an online synagogue. In fact, when ...

Years ago, I faced a summer’s end with a series of five deaths in the tiny congregation I served as ...

“Where there is faith, there are fewer beliefs. You use beliefs to shore up opinions, rather than a relationship with ...

Like so many of my peers, Jewish summer camp played an integral role in my Jewish identity. It’s where I ...