As Israel Turns 77: Yom HaAtzmaut 2025
Reflections from Clal’s Faculty and Staff on Israel’s 77th Birthday, with a forward from Rabbi Brad Hirschfield.
Same-Same: A Sacred Pause at the Battle Monument
While I might not hold cannons in my hands, I am equipped with weapons in the form of words, whose capacity to destroy worlds is arguably just as great
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
We Decide When Bitterness and Outrage Reign Supreme
“They came to Marah but they could not drink the water from Marah because it was bitter — marim — which is why they called (the place) Marah.”
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
How Dayeinu Can Help Us Deal with “Enough Already!”
As we look at this world right now, the framing of Dayeinu can be enormously helpful. It requires us to take things one step at a time.
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.