Supporting and Celebrating the Women in Our Lives Often, women are set in opposition to one another, believing that to succeed we have to be…
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This Rabbi Saved 4 Torah Scrolls from Being Destroyed in the California Wildfires “There’s a hill right across the street from our temple — it…
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…
Cracking the Code: What Torah Trope Are You? Chants used to read Torah may be an unusual metaphor to assess one’s inner nature, but the…
What Black Panther Can Teach Us about Our Place in the World From both the wise words of Jewish sages and Marvel superheroes: May we…
Remembering Kristallnacht After Pittsburgh Today Jews will commemorate the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht (Night of the Broken Glass), the first large-scale attack on German Jews…
Today’s the Day: Wake Up and Vote! Today is the day we act by voting – taking the step that will help move us from…
How and Why I Flourished During a Year in Israel When I signed up, I had no idea about Mechina, a gap-year program in Israel.…
Facing the Music: How I Regained My Faith after a Life-Changing Injury On the night of January 21, 2005, a drunk driver paralyzed me. I…
A New Jew Showing up for Shabbat with a Resolute Welcome There’s nothing unique about my grief following the murders in Pittsburgh except that the…
Put Your Faith and Not Your Fears in Charge According to Noah benShea, author of the Jacob the Baker series, Jacob’s spiritual message of hope…
Partners with God in Creation: A Look at Process Theology Despite my love of Jewish culture and community, I couldn’t bring myself to fully acknowledge…
How I Plan to Talk to My Daughter about God We will tell her that God is many different things to many people, and no…
Carrying the Spirit of Sukkot Into the Rest of the Year Israel is more than what makes the headlines. It is also filled with people…
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.…
The Waldheim Waltz: Notes from The Authoritarian Playbook Ruth Beckermann’s new film is a persuasive accounting of the life and political career of Kurt Josef Waldheim, laying bare…
The Gift of Suffering In February 2017, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. Now that my treatment is over, I search for the meaning in…
How You Can Get Civically Engaged This Fall Reform Judaism calls upon us to be civically engaged, making a direct call to action to involve…
Spitting Image: Using New Techniques to Ask Old Questions There’s nothing like a scheduled, non-funeral visit to old graves to get you thinking about Jewish…
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…