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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 ...

Shiva and Work

Shiva usually means an entire week off work.

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