September 14, 2016 — Here I was ... singing about the purity of souls with a room full of Reconstructionists: queers, gender outlaws, patrilineal Jews, and so many of us who are so used to being reminded that our souls are anything but.

August 8, 2022 — It was a week filled with water—starting with my partner Ever’s conversion to Judaism by immersion in the mikveh, the womb of the universe that moves us from one state of being to the other. 

December 14, 2022 — For many years, Regina’s story of becoming the first woman rabbi was forgotten, tucked away in archives, lost among ashes.

October 31, 2016 — A Prayer for the Electorate allows us a moment in services to recognize that civic engagement can be religious engagement, that tzedek is often fulfilled through public policy.

May 30, 2018 — How could I replace an empty exercise with something meaningful?

August 17, 2022 —

There is only openness everywhere

February 1, 2026 — This piece by Rabbis Jessica Rosenberg and Mackenzie (Max) Reynolds provides a brief overview of American Jewish history, antisemitism in the 21st century and big questions for challenging assumptions about Jews, whiteness and privilege in the United States.

June 10, 2022 — Ultimately, the mitzvah of “loving all those who dwell in the land” invites us into some radical acts of compassion.

March 2, 2026 — Everyone was caring for everyone in a stunning collective experience of loving our neighbor as ourselves.