Last year, as we prepared for High Holidays as a community, with our private and communal woes, we thought we knew the contours of the year ahead. We found out soon enough that we were wrong.
Grief & Coping
Kill Them All, Blame Bibi, and Other Responses to an Especially Terrible 48 Hours
It seems like just yesterday that I danced and made a l’chaim with Jon Polin at my nephew’s wedding in Jerusalem. On Monday, I watched him and Rachel bury their son Hersh, of blessed memory. And this is hardly my first funeral since Oct. 7th, making me not so different from millions of people, both in Israel and Gaza.
What Judaism and Oprah Teach Us About Happiness, Even During War
Given the state of the world and Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas, can we expect to be happy?
Gaza War
The war in Israel and Gaza is a horrific fact. Events unfolding along Israel’s northern border threaten to expand that … Continue Reading
Remembering The Holocaust On Air
I came into this year’s Yom Hashoah — Holocaust Remembrance Day — with more than my usual ambivalence. Beyond my … Continue Reading
Cross and Not Crossing
The translation that “God was cross with me” seems most thoughtful and sensitive to the resonance between Hebrew and English.
And Prayers
Prayer does not absolve us from seeing the world as broken and recognizing that human beings are indeed capable of terrible acts.