Personal Reflections

One of my favorite poets, a slam poet named Vanessa Hidary, asks, in one of her remarkable pieces in which ...

We read in Pirke Avot, the Ethics of the Sages: “Who is happy?” The answer: “The one who is satisfied ...

As an irrepressible, even relentless, optimist, I hold great hope for Jewish life in America. I wonder if that is because ...

As a rabbi who is blessed with the humbling privilege of leading her congregation, after the High Holy Days have ...

Do you ever watch British TV? I am a fan, a huge fan, especially of the stories that disclose, in episodes ...

Rosh Hashanah is a magical time.  Or at least, we seem to think so. According to the Mishnah (Rosh Hashanah ...

A few months ago, even though I’m afraid of heights, I joined the local rock gym. No, I had never ...

April 2015 has been on my mind for a while. Since last September, to be exact, when I began counting ...

I am very active personally and professionally in the New Orleans Jewish community. Recently, I began teaching a beginner adult ...

There’s a slight curve to the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. The curve means that you can’t see what’s ...