High Holy Days
Fast Food for Break-The-Fast?
A rabbi shares how and why his family made different holiday culinary choices
Why I Spent The High Holidays At A Mega-Church
Things were a little different in Houston, Texas this year...
“Rosh Hashanah Only Happens In Greenwood, Mississippi”
Okay, maybe it's celebrated elsewhere - but there's something special about our Delta holidays, and we draw quite a crowd...
Exhaling After the Holidays
If we made High Holy Day promises, will we keep them?
God Does Not Discriminate; People Do
What does it mean to envision a truly inclusive and holy community?
Don’t Confuse Ideology with Identity
Should rabbis talk about politics, or should they strive to make the High Holidays a sanctuary from bad news?
Finding Yourself – Wherever You Are
As the High Holy Days remind us, getting to know ourselves takes time.
Coming to Believe in Collective Prayers of Repentance
How a former Catholic became a believer and leader of collective Jewish prayers of repentance.
Spiritual Hangover: Coming Down From the Mountain
Here’s a one-question pop quiz, and everyone gets an “A.” Now that this year’s Jewish High Holy Days are done, which of ...
Reflections on Liturgy of the High Holy Days
We spent the whole morning of prayers during the High Holidays on our pleas for forgiveness from God, and our ...