I Was Excommunicated for Asking Questions. Now I Watch American Jewry Do the Same
Our advantage is that we are geniuses at raising children. Our failure is that we are terrible at raising adults.
Inspiring Story
MudGirl Run: A story of Arevut (Leaning in) and Chesed (kindness) as Survival Strategies
I watched my child delight in her own strength and power as she realized she could care for those around her.
Finding Friends-in-Faith
My heart fills with hope, a hope that I’d find a path back to who I was, or a path forward to who I was becoming.
A.I.: The God We Want, but Not the God We Need
How do we move past the comfort of a false god and to strive for connection with true Divine presence?
A Teacher’s Work
It’s the kind of grace you notice more as you get older, and wish you practiced more often yourself.
Happy Birthday Israel
Birthdays, at their best, are celebrations of unconditional love, and I believe in all that, especially today, on Israel’s birthday.
Retreating from Our Known World
How long before these breaking news headlines start to break me—or the deeper, real-er version of me?
Who Will Help the Helpers? On Sustainable Leadership
That is what it feels like to be a communal servant right now. Not broken in one place. Broken into pieces, each one flying in a different direction.
In Providence, We Keep Lighting
How do I give my children a childhood that feels safe when it feels like so much tragedy presses in on us from all sides?
Finding the Women in Jewish Stories: A Journey of Return
It seems we have nudged Judaism one step further into a modern era that still holds our sacred traditions, but is egalitarian.