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One Small PRAYvor

Prayer is a very personal and private thing. In fact, to be honest to a fault, let me say that ...

While I certainly use my iPhone to check my e-mail and make calls, far and away, what really drains my ...

A simple street scene glimpsed on the early morning commute. A woman in her forties dressed in a sari, a ...

Joshua Henkin’s new novel, The World Without You, is now available.I want to talk a little more about my family of ...

Our basic premise as activists is human responsibility. We, not someone else, must step up to create change in the ...

The eldest son was chosen by his father to recite the Kaddish in his memory.Standing at the gravesite where his ...

There is no conformity for liberal Jewish women in the synagogue when it comes to wearing a head covering. Look ...

How does a rabbi become a rabbi?

Last Monday evening a light rain fell on the Capitol City where I live on 16th Street, a mile up ...

Every Thursday afternoon at my yeshiva college in Queens my Gemara rebbe (teacher of Talmud) would offer a short thought ...

At Congregation B’nai Israel, Bridgeport, CT, I’m blessed with a class of almost 30 eighth graders and we meet weekly ...

What is in the power of a name? Why is naming someone in prayer so sacred and moving? I will ...