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A Daniel come to judgement! yea, a Daniel! The Merchant of Venice, IV.i.218Shylock’s triumphant interjection is an overt, if ironic, ...

What is Jewish music?For some it is the violins of Klezmer. For others it is Leonard Bernstein. For Sarah Aroeste ...

When I was a kid, I would always leave the service on Yom Kippur day when it came time for ...

One of the things I most love about the High Holidays is their focus on universality. During the rest of ...

This is the third installment in my three-part series on “becoming Southern and Jewish.”After “coming out” as Jewish in the ...

In 2001, at the age of 52, I went from being Single and Orthodox to Married and (still) Orthodox. That ...

I’ve learned my lesson. I’m just saying no to The Container Store.The Container Store is an amazing place. They stock ...

“I don’t want your Paradise, I don’t want your World to Come, I want only You—You alone.” —Rabbi Schneur Zalman ...

“How does Moses make his tea? Hebrews it. Happy Passover y’all.”This was the caption that I wrote on one of ...

If you had walked into Washington D.C.’s L’Enfant Plaza on the morning of January 12, 2007, you would have been ...

I have enjoyed a number of rousing conversations with more traditional colleagues about evidence (or lack thereof) of Divine revelation ...

My thoughts of late – perhaps provoked rather than inspired – have been about women. Specifically, women in the military. ...

Rosh Hashanah is coming. I know, because rabbinic colleagues are posting on Facebook about their daily preparation of sermons, and Jewish blogs ...

For me, it’s the river that won my heart.In the summer of 2007, I was traveling in a hot van ...

It’s the most magical time of the year.And it’s not Christmas.It’s Elul!I love the month of Elul because it is ...