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.
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.
However you feel you can add light to the world, do it.
Our greatest spiritual innovations ahead may just come from the moments of our deepest pain.
It is my hope that every adopted child grows to know and honor that they belong to at least two families—the family of their birth and the family of their upbringing.
Perhaps we’re not as nice as we might think. If it feels good to help others, does that make the act less altruistic?
It turns out that a diverse cross-section of the populace has a deeply emotional response to roaring out lyrics about maritime labour.
It seems we have nudged Judaism one step further into a modern era that still holds our sacred traditions, but is egalitarian.
Sometimes, our life reveals messengers who have something important to tell us.
To endure is to belong—to one another and to the unfolding of time itself.