Keeping Time
I’m learning by proximity—by being slowed down in rooms where time is treated seriously, where patience is a discipline.
Why I Still Dare to Raise a Jewish Child
The number of mornings that I wake up, look at my sweet Zusha, and feel that I am betraying him by raising him as a Jew keeps growing: Have I condemned him to a life of trauma because he is Jewish?
Bearing Witness: Lessons from Then for Now
In a time of deep unrest, in a time when the problems are so big I don’t feel I can do anything, we can do this.
Crossroads for a Promise Unfulfilled
How should I atone for not keeping my promise to my deceased friend?
A Candle in the Night: Chanukah as a Mythic Journey from Darkness to Light
When we interrupt our patterns, the light of awareness shines through.
Keeping Time
I’m learning by proximity—by being slowed down in rooms where time is treated seriously, where patience is a discipline.
Why I Still Dare to Raise a Jewish Child
The number of mornings that I wake up, look at my sweet Zusha, and feel that I am betraying him by raising him as a Jew keeps growing: Have I condemned him to a life of trauma because he is Jewish?
Bearing Witness: Lessons from Then for Now
In a time of deep unrest, in a time when the problems are so big I don’t feel I can do anything, we can do this.
Crossroads for a Promise Unfulfilled
How should I atone for not keeping my promise to my deceased friend?
A Candle in the Night: Chanukah as a Mythic Journey from Darkness to Light
When we interrupt our patterns, the light of awareness shines through.
Children’s Big Questions as Sacred Invitations
When we meet a child’s question with reverence instead of resolution, we move from instructing to accompanying.
When the Heart Won’t Move On: Eight Days of Science-Backed Forgiveness Practices
We don’t have to whitewash harm or pretend it didn’t happen to make room for healing.
Grieving as a Creative Process
Recognizing our feelings illuminates our emotional landscape.
Time as Awakening
Elul is the time for us to reflect on how we have acted in the past and how we want to act in the future.
Three Thoughts after Totality
While words and photos will never be able to capture the experience of totality, a few thoughts came to me … Continue Reading
(Almost) Eclipsing the Eclipse
As the wine steward said to Pharaoh in Genesis 41:9, “I declare my sins now.” The sin I declare now … Continue Reading