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(Thanks)giving — A Thanksgiving for the Rest of the Year
Happy Thanksgiving! For many, Thanksgiving gathers us with family and friends, inviting us to reflect gratefully on our blessings. For ...
Accepting a Reality We Did Not Anticipate: Lessons from this Week’s Torah Portion
The word for “comfort” (lenahem) in Hebrew can also mean to “regret.” One of the most difficult parts of gaining ...
One Moment At A Time
I am looking outside my window at the orange leaves, and low sun, at too early a time in the ...
The Case for Still Giving Thanks (With a Little Help from Hebrew)
In the best of years, Thanksgiving is a complicated holiday. Its complications are multi-level, valid, and not easily overcome. Many ...
A Call to Action After Trans Day of Remembrance
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), memorializes trans individuals who have died because of anti-transgender discrimination and victimization. It occurs annually on ...
On Being Stuck in Traffic with a Full Minivan
In 2013, I gathered together seven friends from my community to attend the JOFA Conference. We clambered into my Toyota ...
Turkey Day – Trouble or Treat?
For many of us, the Thanksgiving holiday is like a ritual that we observe similarly each and every year. We ...
Stitching Tradition: Southern & Jewish Fiber Art Judaica
I come from a family of talented women—women who are “makers,” who always seemed to have a needle in their ...
Meditation and Medication
Judaism is not just a religion based on commandments and laws. Practicing Judaism and knowledge of Jewish Philosophy gives us ...
Do You Know A Creative, Talented Rabbi?
If the answer is yes, then you should encourage them to apply to join the Rabbis Without Borders Network!CLAL’s Rabbis ...
Trans Day of Remembrance: To Every Thing There is a Season
A few weeks ago, many Jewish communities, mine included, read from Megilat Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) during the holiday of Sukkot. I ...
Seeking Human Kindness
This has been a momentous time – and while I believe in the absolute separation of church and state, I ...
Spiritual Medicine
Jewish sages decided that intense mourning time should be seven days only.
A Letter to My Black and Jewish Daughter in Light of the Election
Dear Maia,Remember when you were in day care? (Of course you don’t.) I was in grad school and, back then, ...
#NotMySon – Raising A Jewish Feminist In An Era Of Blatant Misogyny
Last night I was still receiving emails congratulating me on being chosen as one of the Forward 50 for our ...