Marriage and Divorce 50 Years in the Future
Marriage isn’t always forever and that is not just okay, it’s more than okay.
Compassion and Empathy
Jeremiah, Climate Change, and the Three Weeks: Finding Hope Amidst Despair
The season of the three weeks is an invitation to find a dynamic balance between hope and despair.
Helping Jews Find Their Stories
We don’t need to convert people. We don’t need to change their theologies. We just need to welcome them, to listen to them, and to love them.
The Power of Softness
Sometimes we need to work softly, like water slowly dripping, day in and day out
Grasshoppers of the Habituated Mind
In my attempt to understand Torah, I often search for an inner, psycho-spiritual, or mythic dimension in Torah.
Cabaret, Racism, and Antisemitism in 2025
I deeply inhaled the scent of the lilacs on the trees, populating the green spaces that once framed the Warsaw Ghetto.
Finding Trust in Times of Uncertainty and Moral Ambiguity: Reflections of a Death Awareness Educator
What is the best way to live life without careening between the polarities of denial and despair?
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
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