shiva

Since my mom had a history of outliving her prognoses I assumed that this would be the case once again.

As a rabbi, I am privileged to officiate at many life cycle events.  I become part of a family’s life ...

Jewish sages decided that intense mourning time should be seven days only.

On extending Jewish mourning rituals to non-traditional mourners.

In Jewish tradition, sitting shiva is a trust fall.

Rarely have I been so deeply affected, so deeply wounded inside, so utterly shattered.

Israel is the most uplifting place in the world, and on my trip there last week I felt the usual ...

The important thing is not how many separate injunctions are obeyed but how and in what spirit we obey them. ...