Mourn
What is a Community?
A few days ago, I ran across an article asking a rabbi what a person could do instead of going ...
Some Helpful Advice on Starting and Ending a Period of Mourning
Anyone who knows me even a bit also knows that I thrive on social contact and interacting with people. However, ...
Looking Back on Newtown With Sadness, Anger and Love
On Friday, December 14, 2012, I heard the news in the car. Shots were being fired in an elementary school ...
Thank You for Sharing Sam
It was one of those nights. I could not sleep at all. Sadness and worries crowded in. I went to ...
Why I Don’t Let My Kids Trick-or-Treat
Below, Rabbi Alana Suskin explains why her family doesn’t trick-or-treat. To hear from another Jewish mom with a different perspective, ...
May All Of Our Hearts Be Moved to Action
A week ago, a woman named Deb took her life in New Jersey. I learned about her death in an ...
Baruch Dayan Emet
Hoshana Rabbah is kind of a weird day – even for the Jewish calendar. It’s not really a holiday – ...
Joy as an Answer to Death
“How do I go on?” I was asked recently at a service following the death of a beautiful woman in ...
The Messianic Concept in Reform Judaism
The Reform Movement's changing conception of the Messiah.
A Minyan of Minyans Across the South
For more than a year, I’ve been working with Dr. Ron Wolfson to plan a ten-day lecture tour to visit communities ...
Kavod ha’Meit: Trans Issues for the Hevra Kadisha
Judaism, a religion that focuses primarily on life, rather than the afterlife, provides a meticulous set of standards regarding the ...