Prayer for a Community of Belonging
This February, as we observed Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month, we took time to reflect on what it truly means to build a community where all are welcome—not just in theory, but in practice.
In A Place Where There is No Hope, Be a Builder of Hope
However you feel you can add light to the world, do it.
Failing at the Fifth Commandment
The guilt over having abandoned Mom in a memory care facility is unbearable.
The Urim and Tummim vs. A.I. Predictions
One of the hallmarks of artificial intelligence is that we humans can’t understand how and why it makes its decisions.
Shared problems, shared solutions
When you feel your heartstrings tug at the suffering of the world, can you ask: Who is doing this work already? How can I support them?
Parashat Terumah – When WE Are Enough
In just ten short weeks, our family has evolved from being consciously minimalistic to one that is drowning in baby paraphernalia.
Revealing the Hidden Divorce at the Center of Purim
Jewish texts and our ancient stories work their magic when we can see parts of our own stories embedded within them.
The Ethics of the Ramp
The ramp, and by extension Torah itself, teaches us to ascend to greater heights without a posture of domination or disrespect.
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?