Tikkun Olam
Can Daylight Savings Shed Light on Energy Poverty?
For many, the end of Daylight Savings Time is associated with an extra luxurious hour of sleep. Since modern electricity mitigates ...
Sukkot and Home
Shana tova and chag sameach! The Jewish fall calendar is full of celebration and festivities and one of my favorites ...
On Wedding Vows, Giving, and Receiving
My sister, Chanie, and my new brother-in-law, Joel, got married this month. I’m very fortunate to have incredible co-workers who ...
Who Will Live and Who Will Die?
We live with a practical tradition. We begin the New Year with ten days devoted to introspection. Between Rosh Hashanah and ...
Tikkun Olam: “Doing Stuff”
I’ll start with a confession. After writing these monthly blogs about summer camp for almost two years now, I still ...
An Ancient Oath Renewed for Labor Day
Often reality is stranger than fiction; The vote for one of the first major strike in American history was taken ...
Moving Mississippi Up
“Where do we start?”That’s a question I hear often from groups of people seeking to make an impact in their ...
Yes, I’m Celebrating a New Jewish Holiday Today
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 ...
Interfaith Work, Then & Now
All this week, we’re deeply engaged in the Mississippi Freedom Summer 50 events taking place in Jackson, Mississippi.We’ll be sharing ...
Two Mississippi Rabbis Will Shave for the Brave
My Mississippi rabbinical colleague Rabbi Debra Kassoff and myself will both be making a bold statement this spring; more accurately, ...