Tikkun Olam

For many, the end of Daylight Savings Time is associated with an extra luxurious hour of sleep. Since modern electricity mitigates ...

Shana tova and chag sameach! The Jewish fall calendar is full of celebration and festivities and one of my favorites ...

My sister, Chanie, and my new brother-in-law, Joel, got married this month. I’m very fortunate to have incredible co-workers who ...

We live with a practical tradition. We begin the New Year with ten days devoted to introspection. Between Rosh Hashanah and ...

I’ll start with a confession. After writing these monthly blogs about summer camp for almost two years now, I still ...

Often reality is stranger than fiction; The vote for one of the first major strike in American history was taken ...

“Where do we start?”That’s a question I hear often from groups of people seeking to make an impact in their ...

Let’s make a new Jewish holiday.Wait…what?Let’s make a new Jewish holiday. When I opened a recent daily e-mail from The ...

All this week, we’re deeply engaged in the Mississippi Freedom Summer 50 events taking place in Jackson, Mississippi.We’ll be sharing ...

My Mississippi rabbinical colleague Rabbi Debra Kassoff and myself will both be making a bold statement this spring; more accurately, ...