August 30, 2022 —

Lifting up the stories of refugees during the seder

January 14, 2025 — When I remember water, I allow myself to be transformed, to remember myself in utero, untouched by the violence of this world.

September 8, 2017 — For me, living in two civilizations means that they inform one another. When I blow my New Year's Eve party horn in the winter, I remember the echoes of the shofar in the fall.

May 23, 2023 — As Rabbi Barbara Penzner reviews her 28 years as senior solo rabbi of Temple Hillel B’nai Torah, a small, urban Reconstructionist congregation in West Roxbury, she told JewishBoston that she feels much gratitude for the community she and her congregation have built over the decades.

January 29, 2025 — A summary of facts, characters, and holidays pertaining to the month of Shevat

August 30, 2022 —

A mindfulness teaching on matzah, includes a downloadable PDF for inclusion in your seder

August 8, 2022 — What do we do when our Jewish practices are painful, when instead of anticipation and joy one is filled with hesitancy and dread?

June 17, 2025 — According to Mordecai Kaplan’s teachings, which have long resonated with me and so many others, to be Jewish in America is to live simultaneously in two rich civilizations, the Jewish and the American civilizations, both full of promise and character-shaping values. To be Jewish in America is to draw deeply from both of these civilizations in order to contribute meaningfully to both of them. As deeply as Kaplan believed this, living it out was often challenging in his day. Increasingly, it is challenging in our day as well.

August 17, 2022 —

Four thought-provoking questions about women's liberation from the Baltimore Federation's Women's Seder