There is nothing more empowering than to be seen--like Hagar was--for who one is and what one truly needs.

A Midrash explains that the Israelites took an indirect route out of Egypt to avoid seeing the dead bodies of their brothers.

The initial impetus for adult bar/bat mitzvah came from men who, having missed the ceremony as adolescents, felt somehow incomplete as Jews.

Why the Jewish year sometimes adds an extra month of Adar and how that changes holidays and Torah readings.

Don't rebuke a lion.

The Torah urges us to remember the years of strength and virtue whenever possible.

Delicious sandwiches and fare wages come together at this Denver eatery.

Sometimes we need to hear the same stories over and over

My new book  Colors of Confinement  presents dozens of stunning Kodachrome photographs of everyday life inside the barbed wire confines ...

I haven’t seen my friend Hafsa in a few weeks since my spouse and I enjoyed an Iftar dinner at ...