Moses and the Mystics: Discovering Our Higher Purpose in Life The Jewish mystics also understood that adversity, even tragedy, can hold the key to discovering…
Posts published in “Chavurah”
Gun Violence Prevention, One State at a Time The Reform Jewish community has been very active in the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence. 5/03/2018 Rabbi…
God, Help Us Build Our World from Love As we prepare to march to demand justice for the immigrant families separated at our border, consider…
How Hebrew Connects Me to Antiquity and Modernity These days, I mostly use Hebrew to teach bar and bat mitzvah students, but seeking to enhance…
RAPentance: A Hip-Hop “Praylist” for Rosh HaShanah I began dreaming about an alternative High Holiday experience – a musical journey that would tap into…
When It Comes to Israel, We Cannot Avoid Our Discomfort Although we don’t vote in Israel’s elections and should not expect to, neither does the…
Checkout-Line Blessings at the Israeli Supermarket Although Israel is filled with many religious people, most supermarket visits don’t come with a side of checkout-line-blessings like…
How a Tray of Blintzes Brought Our Community Together My Grandma Ruby, may she rest in peace, knew that comfort food, especially blintzes, could sweeten…
Thanks, but I’ll Pass on the Santa Stamps In earlier days, I might have avoided any fuss and simply hurried out – but on that…
ReformJudaism.org’s Top 10 Stories of 2018 As we prepare to ring in 2019, we look back on the year we leave behind, and… whew, what…
How We’re “Rooting” Reform Judaism in the Sands of Holon Miraculously, a delicate network of threads is emerging amongst us, linking us heart to heart.…
How Growing Up Jewish in the Bible Belt Helped Me Find my Faith I want to be open about my faith so that others may…
The Torah of the ADA: A Reflection I am a lawyer. I graduated Harvard law school and have practiced law for major corporations and large…
Kids, Costumes, and the Boundlessness of the Imagination – at Purim and Beyond The possibilities are only limited by imagination, and children’s imaginations are not…
Finding My Jewish Soul: A Black Army Veteran’s Journey to Judaism People are often shocked that I found Judaism despite being raised by Christians, being…
Yom HaShoah: When Will Senseless Hatred Be a Thing of the Past? On Yom HaShoah, I will attend a ceremony at Yad Vashem. While it…
What I Learned in Cuba: #It’sComplicated On a recent trip to Cuba, we engaged in tikkun olam, helping the Cuban people, who are in dire…
Holding Israel’s Declaration of Independence Up to the Light of Day Israel’s Declaration of Independence is the foundation of a state that is both Jewish…
Parashat B’midbar: Whom We Count, Why We Count, and How We Can Better Count Everyone Parashat B’midbar is an interesting Torah portion because it includes what…
How Can Israel Become a Place of Justice? Lacking the force of law, Israel’s declaration of independence proclaims the moral vision of Israel’s founders. How…