Eldest Daughter Syndrome
I told her she’s an amazing daughter, and I confessed to her all the ways I believe I have failed my mother.
Who Pulls the Trigger for Us? Why American Jewry Must Confront the Ethics of Power
It is intolerable that Israeli Judaism must constantly grapple with the agonizing weight of physical force while liberal American Judaism remains comfortably disengaged.
Education and Allyship Are the Antidotes to Hate
The feeling of being in a space devoted to care, not by Jews for Jews but by allies for Jews, was almost breathtaking.
Happiness Begins With Great Questions
His podcast offers listeners access to a great map room, one that contains the intellectual and spiritual maps others have used as they charted their own courses to happiness and the good life.
But You Forgot That I Was a Seed
What Moses comes to teach us, then, in his final and most powerful sermon, is that there is no use in looking backward if we don’t use it to drive us forward.
Dancing My Way Back Into Judaism
It was a spiritual experience, to dance with abandon, no choreography except what came from each heart, each body, unique and expressive, improvisational at its core.
Station Stops and Sensing the Wow
I’ve shifted my understanding to see grace as the power planted within us to stop and sense the wow.
A New-Old Currency For Celebrating Our 250th All Year Long
Imagine if we all simply agreed to start any conversation about America or American Jewish life with an articulation of the things about which we are grateful.
