It Shouldn’t Take a Pandemic to Return Us to Ourselves kbkaput September 29, 2020 Jewish Values Image As 5781 begins, I find that the less…
Posts published in “Chavurah”
Yachol Nuchal, Surely We Can Overcome kbkaput September 27, 2020 Rosh HaShanah Image Do we see ourselves and this moment as grasshoppers, or do we…
An Open Letter to Those Who are Struggling with an Eating Disorder at Yom Kippur… kbkaput September 24, 2020 Jewish Values Image At Yom Kippur,…
On Running Away, Returning, and Teaching the Story of Jonah kbkaput September 24, 2020 Yom Kippur Image We hear the story of Jonah on Yom…
Act Now: 3 Vital Ways You Can Help Protect Our Democracy kbkaput September 24, 2020 Jewish Values Image Deuteronomy 16:20 directs us: “Tzedek tzedek tirdof”…
Shards of Glass: A Poem for the New Year kbkaput September 24, 2020 Rosh HaShanah Image Remind my tired soul, I beg You / My…
With Wounds Still Open, We Ask: Where is God? kbkaput September 23, 2020 High Holidays Image I do not believe that God sent us COVID-19,…
3 Previously Frowned-Upon Behaviors to Embrace During the High Holidays at Home kbkaput September 22, 2020 Jewish Values Image The new normal of distanced coronavirus…
Finding Healing, Finding Hope: The Powers of Poetry kbkaput September 22, 2020 COVID-19 Image In a time as devastating as the COVID-19 pandemic, people heal…
6 Ways to Honor the Life and Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, z”l kbkaput September 21, 2020 Death and Mourning Image As Reform Jews…
When It Comes to Supporting Israel, We Can’t Compromise Our Values kbkaput September 21, 2020 Israel peace and security Image As a young Reform Jewish…
Meet the Netlix Star Who Plays an African-British-Jewish Astronaut kbkaput September 21, 2020 Jews of Color Image Ato Essandoh isn’t Jewish, or British, or an…
This Yom Kippur, Let Your Emotions Serve as “Radical Blessings” kbkaput September 20, 2020 Racial Justice Image As we no longer serve God through temple…
Israel and Gulf states have engaged in discreet cooperation for years, on issues from Iran to Islamist radicalism. What has changed is not only the…
In Celebration of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur at Home kbkaput September 16, 2020 High Holidays Image Like many, I’m mourning the chance to “go”…
U.S. Jews see through the Trump-Netanyahu ‘peace deal’ spin: Israel’s only existential conflict is with the Palestinians, and it is with them that Israel must…
How to Get into the High Holidays State of Mind kbkaput September 15, 2020 COVID-19 Image It’s a challenge and the necessity, especially during this…
The Healing Powers of Poetry kbkaput September 15, 2020 Death and Mourning Image In a time as devastating as the COVID-19 pandemic, people heal in…
Building Bridges Through Language and Culture: A Gay Jew Discovers Israel in Arabic kbkaput September 14, 2020 Experiencing Israel Image Matt Adler, who speaks eight…
Rosh HaShanah at the Movies: Contemplating My Relationship with God kbkaput September 13, 2020 Spirituality Image My relationship to God can be summed up in…