Counting the Days: Lessons from a Workaholic’s Forced Time-Out Is this happening because the future is now so uncertain? Am I more aware that every…
Posts published in “Chavurah”
10 Ways to Celebrate Yom YaAtzmaut from Home There are plenty of ways to observe Yom HaAtzmaut from home during this time of quarantine. Choose one…
My Letter of Gratitude and Hope to a Synagogue Across the Country Earlier this month, I joined a Virginia synagogue’s virtual Shabbat services, led by its…
April Showers, May Flowers, and Searching for Hope Amid Pandemic We see everything around us through a coronavirus-colored lens these days, searching the past for…
Pandemic in the Petri Dish of Prison: A Jewish Call for Justice The Book of Proverbs instructs us to “speak up for those who cannot…
From Tragedy to Celebration, We Honor the State of Israel Just as each of us goes through a process of self-examination during the Days of…
How I’m Finding Blessings Amid the Separation As challenging as these days of quarantine have been, I take comfort in the many ways this strange…
Watch: On Yom HaShoah, Reform Jewish Teens Interview a Holocaust Survivor To close out this year’s observance of Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, Reform Jewish…
What’s Real about a Virtual Shabbat Service? Frankly, I was skeptical about attending services online – but it was the occasion of the yahrzeit (anniversary of death)…
A Poem for Yom HaShoah, Observed Amid a Global Heath Crisis Today especially i am grateful for a life to call mine the bright sunshine …
7 Ideas for Observing Yom HaShoah from Home Here are just a few of the many stories, prayers, and other resources to help you commemorate…
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Health and Hope: Lessons from My Parents, Who Survived the Holocaust In this time of COVID-19, my mother will likely spend her upcoming 100th birthday…
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How We Created Joy and New Traditions Within a Quarantined Passover Instead of longing for traditions of years past, we reveled in the joy that…
Jewish Insight for Consoling and Congratulating the Class of 2020 For our students, the loss of their end-of-year plans and graduation festivities is indeed a…
Dayenu, It Would Have Been Enough: A Prayer for Medical Professionals Worldwide If they had paid to train and gain the knowledge, It would have…
Cheated: Consoling and Congratulating the Class of 2020 For our students, the loss of their end-of-year plans and graduation festivities is indeed a very real…
A Brief Prayer for Passover As we gather under the full moon of Nisan, the same moon that our ancestors gathered under for thousands of…
How Will History Judge Us in This Time of Crisis? I pray that this pandemic may be lifted speedily from this planet – and when it…