Toddler-Sized Teshuvah: Parenting and the Power of Small Intentions
That’s the gift Judaism offers: not the impossible expectation of perfection, but a framework for time-bound promises and fresh starts.
Doing the Work, Together
We can remind one another: It’s not any one person’s duty to complete the work and no one person can do all of the work.
Sitting in the Sukkah on the Second Anniversary of October 7
In addition to the promise of protection, the sukkah requires permeability.
Still Bearing Faithful Witness: A Reflection on the Second Anniversary of October 7
I have a moral obligation to speak out against the growing toxin of antisemitism
What Are You Hoping For? A Rosh Hashanah Sermon
We’re here today because, as a people, we believe in hope.
Torah Isn’t (Just) What We Teach
Though she’s almost twelve, I still get to read to my daughter before bed a few times a week. Yes, … Continue Reading
French Fries and Forgiveness
Sometimes, in order to become something entirely new, you have to do work that happens out of sight, underneath the surface.
Elie Wiesel’s Legacy Remembered on USPS Stamp
For Wiesel, pluralism was not an abstract value but a lived necessity.
The Holy Outcast
Especially at this time in the Jewish calendar, our new selves are trying to get through to us, the selves we want to become this year.