April 9, 2024 — #post_excerpt

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.

August 17, 2022 —

Questions of the wise, irreverent, and assimilated daughter and the son who is unable to ask

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?

August 25, 2024 — Reflection prompts for the seven weeks between Tisha B'Av and Rosh Hashanah using the sefirot

June 10, 2022 — Jews on college campuses across the continent are forming independent groups they call Judaism on Our Own Terms. The impetus is often constraints by institutions about what topics can be discussed and who counts as a Jew.

July 27, 2022 — Synagogues are in trouble. I suggest that we revisit Kaplan’s notion of the synagogue-center.