My Banjolele and My Annual Pilgrimage
These ancient pilgrimage festivals, which coincided with Passover, Shavuot, and Sukkot, were anything but quiet religious observances.
Soul Writings
Judaism Out of the Box: Tradition in Non-Traditional Spaces
A synagogue-without-walls shows people how to create a Jewish life that travels with them wherever they go.
The Garments We Run Down the Aisle In
I am still descending. Most days I think I’m just now learning where the steps are.
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?
Practicing Equanimity
I’ve come to believe that the practice of composing spiritual poetry in specific forms can itself be a spiritual practice of cultivating equanimity.
Finishing Passover With Lessons Learned
When we can delay the need for convenience and pleasure on demand, we actually tap into ancestral muscle memory for living rich and meaningful lives with a greater capacity for wisdom.
Connecting with T’fillah: Zooming in and zooming out
In a self-obsessed and individualistic world, how can we recognize, delight in, and live up to the commitments we have to each other, to the world, and to making it more sacred?
Of Time and the Birder
We register the bird in front of us in a sequence of time since the last time we saw that species; a dialogue between our presents and our pasts.
Keeping Time
I’m learning by proximity—by being slowed down in rooms where time is treated seriously, where patience is a discipline.
Why I Still Dare to Raise a Jewish Child
The number of mornings that I wake up, look at my sweet Zusha, and feel that I am betraying him by raising him as a Jew keeps growing: Have I condemned him to a life of trauma because he is Jewish?