Mourn
The Meaning of Life
Memories can play such tricks on our minds. Last night, I returned to a synagogue where my husband had served ...
Quiz: Myth or Facts on Death and Mourning
Test your knowledge of Jewish mourning and bereavement practices.
Jewish in the South, Sikh in the Midwest, Americans Everywhere
Along with the nation, we mourn for the loss of life at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin. We mourn, too, ...
Kaddish by Heart
The eldest son was chosen by his father to recite the Kaddish in his memory.Standing at the gravesite where his ...
An Unorthodox Shiva Minyan
The important thing is not how many separate injunctions are obeyed but how and in what spirit we obey them. ...
Magnifying Life
Two weeks ago I wrote about the tragic loss of little Ayelet Galena z”l. I discussed how one young life ...
Ayelet zt”l and The Ability to Transform the World
This week has been a heavy one for the Jewish people and an indescribably difficult one for the parents of ...
Remembering Debbie… one year on
On January 9, 2011, a sweet singer of Israel, Debbie Friedman, passed away. While her Hebrew yahrzeit is at the ...
Jews, Non-Jews, and Being Losers Together
Yesterday, I put out a Twitter call: What should I write about? The always-dependable dlevy asked, in reply, “have you ...
Writers Should Get Up Early
As a glutton for torture (and as a recent parent, which is kind of the same thing), I’ve been taking ...