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Hineni, Here I am…

“Accompaniment Urgently Needed for Asylum Court Case.” Volunteers are needed on June 6th.

Step Up to the Mic!

I believe it’s not an uncommon experience to be at a lecture or gathering where someone steps in front of ...

Taking The Plunge

It was January 2007, almost exactly six years ago. I was sitting in my office, reviewing a dense corporate document ...

Debating the Term “Concentration Camp”

In my blog posts this week I have written about the Kodachrome slides that Bill Manbo took while imprisoned with ...

Saved by Leonard Cohen

Some people find Christ in their darkest hour. Others turn to Allah. But if you’re a Jew, young, and in ...

Eating Ashkenazi-Sephardi Style at Sukkot

Sukkot appears to be one holiday in which the Moroccan and Ashkenazic customs and rituals are fairly similar. We both ...

Gifts of the Wilderness

Why is the desert so central to the Jewish spiritual journey?

Scribes in a Circumscribed World: From Esther to Me

Purim is the one day of the year I feel empowered in my community. The rest of the year, services ...

Shavuot History: Talmudic Development

How the Rabbis brought Sinai and the Torah to the center of what had been a harvest celebration.

A High Holiday Meditation

Facing the music on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur.

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