high holidays

A while back I suggested a unique way of doing the chesbon nefesh (soul’s accounting) we are expected to do ...

It was a small miracle when the Northern Virginia Pride (NOVA) committee scheduled its first pride after three years of planning and ...

In many ways, the message of the Book of Jonah seems antithetical to that of Yom Kippur.

“May you be Written in the Book of Life” is such a nice phrase to utter at this time of ...

Throughout the high holiday season, we think a lot about judgment. It’s a heavy word, and also a word that ...

My niece just started Hebrew School. As someone who didn’t have a formal Jewish education as a kid, I’m pretty ...

With the High Holidays right around the corner, now is a great time to be thinking about the message your ...

Change is difficult. It can only happen when we reflect on the present and imagine different possibilities for going forward. ...

One of my family’s favorite Sarah Silverman routines plays on the Jewish habit of always claiming one of our own: ...

I never could carry a tune but, at an early age, I discovered that I could make a soulful sound ...