Marriage Equality: Celebrating Success with More to Do Three years ago, the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage. Even as we…
Posts published in “Chavurah”
Reform Jews Demand: #FamiliesBelongTogether! On Thursday, a group of 40 faith leaders traveled to McAllen, TX, where they met and bore witness to families who…
Countdown to Tishah B’Av: A Primer on the Three Weeks If you use a Jewish calendar, you may have noticed this notation on June 30:…
How to “Restring Your Beads” When Your Narrative Changes When I first learned about stringing and restringing our beads based on life experiences, I began…
What Can We Learn From the Juxtaposition of Joy and Sorrow? Several times during the year, the Jewish calendar places joyous and challenging holidays near…
5 Last-Minute Ways to Work Civic Engagement Into Your High Holidays This year, the High Holidays fall a month and a half before midterm elections,…
Why Was Fred Rogers at High Holiday Services This Year? If you attended worship services at a Reform congregation anywhere in North America during the…
I’m the Canary in My Family’s Genetic Coal Mine I speak about my BRCA-related cancer to synagogue groups, Jewish day schools, and women who ask.…
How Can We Be Thankful in a Season of Tragedy? I hope that by taking time to appreciate what we have, I can energize myself to…
A Jewish Perspective on Being a Working Mother My husband and I are expecting our third child. I’m often asked if I will continue to…
The Power of New Beginnings: Parashat Bo and Human Trafficking Awareness More people are enslaved today than at any other point in history – more than 40…
We Need to End the Government Shutdown We sent a letter to Congress urging them to immediately pass legislation to fully fund the government and end the…
Fiddler on the Roof and the Joys of Yiddish You don’t have to know mamalushen (the mother tongue) to enjoy the hit musical Fidler Afn…
Netanyahu from the Perspective of Others Oslo Diaries, a valuable perspective on a missed opportunity for peace between Israel and the Palestinians, reminds us there…
My Chance Encounter with a Woman Who Later Made Jewish History Recently, as I’ve done for 32 years, I stopped to think about Marilyn Klinghoffer.…
Offering a Blessing for the Springtime As nature revives itself after the winter, it is customary to recite a special blessing, the blessing of the…
Election Results in Israel: What Do They Mean for Reform Jews? Last week, Israelis re-elected Benjamin Netanyahu to an unprecedented fifth term as prime minister.…
Award-Winning Chef Michael Solomonov Shares the Love – and the Recipes Israeli Chef Michael Solomonov’s restaurant, Zahav, took home the 2019 James Beard Award for…
How My Hispanic-Filipino and Jewish Identities Come Together through Teaching As someone who is half-Filipino and half-Hispanic and grew up in a diverse Dallas, TX,…
When I Need Support, My Summer Camp Family Is There for Me One night at camp last summer reminded me that no matter what, I…