Last weekend I ran the ING New York City Marathon, which was an amazing experience—essentially, a 26.2-mile long party celebrating ...

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I am familiar with the phrase “Sara Beth plans, and God/nature/Murphy’s Law laughs.”  (I’m paraphrasing.)January 28th was one such day.I ...

Like many people, I’m easily distracted. I once spent the entire duration of a service at the Spanish Synagogue in ...

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Judaism is famously ambiguous about what happens when we die.

Hoshanah Rabbah is the climax of the High Holiday cycle, the day the judgment of Yom Kippur receives its final seal.