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L’chaim- to life, but to celebrate without knowing, would merely divert those from seeing my true being. You see, what ...

“He (Moses) said: “If you will listen diligently to the voice of HaShem, your God, and you will do what ...

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past…”When William Faulkner wrote these words in Requiem for a Nun, I’m pretty certain he ...

There is a myth that Jewish music is “always in a minor key,” and often echoes themes of pieces like ...

When I was in Israel this fall, I ended up going to a Sephardic synagogue one Shabbat morning, and served ...

During my childhood, I never understood why I found myself needing to adapt differently depending on which parent I was ...

This week I had the privilege of viewing an early showing of Selma , a movie about the historical events that ...

Before attaining my Master of Social Work, I had the honor of helping many sick people live out their final ...

My daughter Maya and I had been walking along 125th Street in Harlem, past the larger-than-life statue of Adam Clayton Powell, ...

“He was a tall man with broad shoulders, the type we used to call ‘a real goliath,’ powerful and with ...

Black Lives Matter, on the first night of Hanukkah and also on the second night, the third night and every ...

As a Jew with North African roots, I have always felt that my culture’s rich and diverse traditions set me apart ...