November 30, 2011 — At this time of year, I like to be outside while the sun sets. When the days are short, there is something especially lovely about witnessing light fade.

August 17, 2022 —

A reading for a baby naming on Hanukkah

July 17, 2023 —

A mourning ceremony for twins who died before birth

November 3, 2024 —

To be inserted at the same point as one would add for Hanukkah or Purim

June 10, 2022 — Consciousness of the fruitfulness of Earth was the major way of celebration in biblical times.

August 17, 2022 —

A ritual for receiving a new Hebrew name after gender transition

January 19, 2025 — "We will come together, as we always do, to make fire holy in our lives again."

June 17, 2022 — Little did these two rabbinical students imagine that within a decade they would bring together their Reconstructionist congregations — one located in Ann Arbor and one in Attleboro, Massachusetts — for joint worship services and holiday celebrations on a platform called Zoom.

June 10, 2022 — Our responsibility is to assert as legitimate the religious identity of those converting to Judaism and those who transition to a different gender identity. We can learn from our support of each of these groups about how to support the other.