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Friday Night Lights Vs… Friday Night Lights
“Where’s your family?” A friendly “old timer” asked me at Friday night services a couple of weeks ago. When you’re ...
Not the Jewish James Bond: Parenting in Unchartered Waters
I remember the exact moment when I realized I’d never be the Jewish James Bond.It was right after our son ...
How a Six Minute Video Changed My Life
That night, a video changed my life. It was just over six minutes long, yet its message touched me profoundly ...
I’m Too Broken to Write This Blog
Rarely have I been so deeply affected, so deeply wounded inside, so utterly shattered.
How “Hamilton” Will Help Me Teach About Jewish History
Hamilton, a new musical by Lin-Manuel Miranda, has captivated my nerdy history-and-Broadway-musical-loving-heart in a big way. That’s not surprising — ...
All Your Males…
I hate Jewish holidays.I got married soon after becoming Orthodox, and I was excited to celebrate the Jewish holidays fully ...
Embracing Unity, Not Uniformity
The High Holiday season just ended. A spiritual, emotional and communal journey through Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot culminated ...
There’s No Such Thing as Closure
There is a relationship in my life that has gnawed at my heartstrings for more than twenty years, and each ...
An Interesting Jewish “Jeopardy” Champ
Passover is the eight-day Jewish holiday in which we ask questions at the seder table. For one quirky Jewish guy ...
Embracing A Jewish Henna Wedding Tradition
This custom is a treasured part of Moroccan Jewish and other Mizrahi marriage celebrations.
The Rabbi In My Bedroom
When I got married, there were a million things on my to-do list. There was one thing, one pretty important ...
From Mourning to Memory: Chasing Balloons, Wearing a Ring
For those of you who wear rings, this probably sounds familiar: you fiddle with your ring, a thousand times a ...
What Is The Torah We Want To Celebrate Today?
Today we celebrate the holiday of Simhat Torah. Literally meaning “rejoicing in Torah,” the holiday is a culmination both of ...
Five Stages of Soul
Simchat Torah: a day for reading — and connecting — the beginning and end of the Torah.The Torah begins with ...
Yogi Berra and Sukkot
Yogi Berra was the master of saying the wrong thing in the most right way. His death a couple of ...