Prayer
Opening the Gates of Prayer
The women wore a variety of costumes, from Disney princesses to Queen Esther herself. Listening to them read the Megillah ...
Is Prayer An Effective Response To Crisis?
So many dead in racial violence in one short, chaotic week. Dear Lord. Dear Lord.Whose heart isn’t breaking?Some people know exactly ...
Reimagining A Holocaust Classic
Music and Judaism go hand in hand. Every Shabbat service, lifecycle event, Jewish holiday or Israeli holiday has a specific song ...
Prayer & Mourning
Yesterday, like many others in our community this month, I marched in a Pride Parade.The day began with the cheers ...
Does Prayer Ever Work?
The story is told about a family gathered around the dinner table. There are many guests who have been invited ...
Jewish Ritual and “The Checklist Manifesto”
Jewish ritual is complicated. Take the most recent ritual we just celebrated, the seder. It has 14 steps, each of which is to ...
A Timely Poetic Discovery
We live in exciting times – but also trying times. Over the last year, in particular, I have observed and ...
The Healing of Spirit
“It’s not serious,” the doctor tells me. “In fact, it’s fairly common. One week on antibiotics will knock this right out ...
A Heralded Compromise That STILL Leaves Out Women
I’m one of those hard-to-categorize Jews, caught somewhere between the Conservative and Orthodox denominations. My practice leans Orthodox, my passion ...