Beyond Burned Bread: Connecting Creativity to the Divine
Perhaps the rabbis have kept the requirement to take challah (chafrashat challah) so that we would remember that human creative endeavors also have their source in divine good will.
MudGirl Run: A story of Arevut (Leaning in) and Chesed (kindness) as Survival Strategies
I watched my child delight in her own strength and power as she realized she could care for those around her.
Mother as Goddess, Father as Human: The Divide of Parenthood
Sleep allows the prayers to enter the body, without understanding, without conscious awareness.
Finding Friends-in-Faith
My heart fills with hope, a hope that I’d find a path back to who I was, or a path forward to who I was becoming.
Cowlicks and Banners of Love
What does it look like to call something beloved when everything feels broken?
Parenting teens when we don’t have the answers: Good, bad, and very bad ideas from Talmud
As we parent teens, we might not have helpful answers, or any answers at all, but we need to show up for their passionate questions.
The Garments We Run Down the Aisle In
I am still descending. Most days I think I’m just now learning where the steps are.
Lone Wolves Need Packs: They Will Find Hate Groups or Healthy Communities
A wolf without a pack is a wolf with a grim future.
Shabbat 250: What John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison Can Teach Us
What it does do is afford a wonderful opportunity to reflect on an old debate about the place of religion in American political life—one that goes back to John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison.