I Was Excommunicated for Asking Questions. Now I Watch American Jewry Do the Same
Our advantage is that we are geniuses at raising children. Our failure is that we are terrible at raising adults.
Judaism Out of the Box: Tradition in Non-Traditional Spaces
A synagogue-without-walls shows people how to create a Jewish life that travels with them wherever they go.
Everyone is Holy
I know nothing more about him, despite how intimately we spent time with his body, but I know that he was and is holy.
Your Final Itinerary is Confirmed
Planning a vacation when your parent is dying presents a host of challenges I hadn’t anticipated.
Two Ways of Greatness – What Jalen Brunson and Elon Musk Reveal About America’s Competing Visions of Human Excellence
What Brunson and Musk actually represent are two genuinely different theories of how greatness is constituted.
Quarreling Ourselves to Death
There’s no doubt that our ability to have sustained dialogue, especially constructive arguments, has severely declined.
Two Stories of Estrangement
What would ritual look like for people who, for whatever reason, become estranged from a family member?
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.
