Jeremiah, Climate Change, and the Three Weeks: Finding Hope Amidst Despair
The season of the three weeks is an invitation to find a dynamic balance between hope and despair.
Compassion and Empathy
Helping Jews Find Their Stories
We don’t need to convert people. We don’t need to change their theologies. We just need to welcome them, to listen to them, and to love them.
The Power of Softness
How do you change someone’s mind? When they are hard as rock in their position, do you hit back with … Continue Reading
Grasshoppers of the Habituated Mind
In my attempt to understand Torah, I often search for an inner, psycho-spiritual, or mythic dimension in Torah.
Cabaret, Racism, and Antisemitism in 2025
I deeply inhaled the scent of the lilacs on the trees, populating the green spaces that once framed the Warsaw Ghetto.
Finding Trust in Times of Uncertainty and Moral Ambiguity: Reflections of a Death Awareness Educator
What is the best way to live life without careening between the polarities of denial and despair?
A New Jersey Rabbi & Rumi
It’s a privilege to share this poem with y’all in this last week of April, National Poetry Month.
Building the America I Believe In, With Chesed
It’s not every morning that my eyes well up with tears reading The New York Times. Yesterday morning, though, I … Continue Reading
Neither Here Nor…Where? A Pesach Reflection
Every year, the yellow liner peers through the translucent ivory tablecloth embroidered with a chain of floral design. On top … Continue Reading
Learning to Feel
For most of my nearly 50 years on this planet, I have tried to make sense of my life by searching for answers outside of myself.