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In Search of Beauty

Jewish tradition mandates that the symbols of Sukkot be beautiful.

Everything About Yom Kippur Is An Invention

While the synagogue observance of Yom Kippur may seem like a stable, solid, trans-historical whole, it is none of those things.

The Journey Home

For Jews, home is elusive. And that might be precisely the point. 

Seeking the Face of God

When we learn to see the face of God in every being, it becomes impossible to act with anything other than compassion and justice.

That You May Thrive

Judaism provides a model of human flourishing in which we never cut ourselves off from the full range of our emotions.

Baseless Love

Extending love and comfort begins with a change in how we think and act.

Drop Everything and Read

The hidden connection between Shabbat and reading.

The Basic Elemental

Wisdom can be born from connection to the the vast interconnected wildness in the world.

Moving Through Fear

The Jewish value of courage doesn't require the absence of fear, only the capacity to move through it.

True Righteousness

A Holocaust rescue story sheds light on a curious verse from the Prophets.