recharge

Modern Jewish life has been largely drained of the drama and emotional release available in ancient times. Is there a way to recapture it?

Visiting with those in dire need, God's presence never felt more present — or absent.

The mythic and the magical has its place in the sanctuary of the holy.

Countless moments in the Bible demonstrate the raw power of voice, divine and human, to heal or destroy. 

The rabbis teach that Esther drew upon the words of Psalm 22 as she bravely went before King Achashverosh in an effort to save the Jews of ancient Persia.

The commandment not to oppress the stranger can refer to war refugees, for whom the Torah demands intense compassion.

I can choose to live anywhere I wish, but would I want to?

Instead of looking up to the heavens for holiness, what if instead we looked to the earth beneath our feet?

The Jewish new year for trees is the rare time where we celebrate potential — not product.

A Hasidic teaching suggests that power, rather than bringing about liberation, achieves just the opposite.