September 15, 2011 — Somehow, hearing a list of individuals who’ve been lost brings us together.

May 14, 2012 — I think of the Omer—this period of time we are now in the midst of—as learning to count, learning to wait.

January 25, 2013 — All over the world, Jews are marking the holiday of

May 14, 2013 — Shavuot has yet to capture the imagination of most liberal Jews. Why is that? 

November 5, 2013 — Hanukkah has always been about thanksgiving.  

May 15, 2014 — As we count our days, weeks, and months, we are reminded that in every moment we have the potential to recreate ourselves and the world around us.   

March 23, 2015 — A few days ago, at their annual spring rally and concert, some tomato pickers from Florida taught me what Dayenu is about. I never expected this to happen because I never suspected I had been misunderstanding it at all. But this past

September 3, 2015 — Every once in a long while, different streams of time flow together in a way that seems uncanny—even miraculous.

February 18, 2025 — The last thirteen years have been a journey for my husband Fred and me into a world that we knew nothing about before: the world of autism.