Diversity

Purim in Paradise, from Nashville to the Caribbean

Imagine Purim by the crystal clear and warm waters of the Caribbean Sea. No need for warm costumes or shoveling ...

Will There Be One Jewish People?

I have been thinking a lot again recently about the correspondence between one of the great Orthodox luminaries of the ...

The King’s Gate

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of human freedoms – to choose one’s attitude ...

The Rabbi, The Pastor and the Torah of Mankind

The baggage claim at the airport in Gondar, Ethiopia is still by far the most humorous way I have yet ...

Created In G-d’s Image

L’chaim- to life, but to celebrate without knowing, would merely divert those from seeing my true being. You see, what ...

The World of Jewish Music

There is a myth that Jewish music is “always in a minor key,” and often echoes themes of pieces like ...

My Big Happy Greek-Ashkenazi Family

When I was in Israel this fall, I ended up going to a Sephardic synagogue one Shabbat morning, and served ...

We Need More than a Sneeze

Before attaining my Master of Social Work, I had the honor of helping many sick people live out their final ...

My Magen David, My Identity

My daughter Maya and I had been walking along 125th Street in Harlem, past the larger-than-life statue of Adam Clayton Powell, ...

We Are All In The Club

Here’s a lesson for Jewish kids I came across this December — which is a pretty good lesson for adults, ...