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…
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Why I Won’t Allow My Voice to Be Silenced This week’s Torah portion reminds me of the many times I’ve been told to be quiet…
The Wine Was Good: Another Look at the Trefa Banquet There is no question that treif was served at the Highland House banquet, but 135…
Why Did You Deceive Me, Distant Lights? Visiting Kuchinate, I experienced overwhelming kindness from the women, Sudanese and Eritrean asylum seekers who had escaped horrible…
How a Parkland-Area Rabbi Found Space to Heal and Reflect My renewed strength will fuel me as I return to Parkland this week to serve…
Just Keep Marching, Even When the News is Disappointing and the Road Ahead is Tough Despite discouraging news out of Washington this summer, I implore…
Food on a Stick: 5 Tasty Recipes for Kebab Day Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations, is reported to have once said, “There will…
What Should Jewish LGBTQ Spaces Look Like? No LGBTQ Jew who is embroiled in moments of loss asks if there is a need for explicitly Jewish…
What Moses Could’ve Learned from Starbucks Knowing when to let go is a most difficult decisions many of us will face as we age. If…
You Need to Add This Song to Your Wedding Playlist Although German composer Jakob Felix Mendelssohn’s wedding march is rarely heard at Jewish weddings, it…
It’s Up to Us to Keep the Mishpachah (Family) Together Imagine being forcibly separated from your loved one. This scenario may evoke thoughts of one…
An American Reflects on Independence Day from Israel July 4th in Israel is a day sandwiched between July 3rd and July 5th. Nonetheless, after work…
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:…
What a Mock Knesset Program Taught Us About Israeli Politics I thought our Mock Knesset was very successful. We learned so much and had fun…
Israel’s New Cuisine: More Than Falafel in a Pita Learn the fascinating story of how Israeli food developed into one of the world’s most vibrant…
6 Things I’ve Learned as the Mom of a Transgender Teen At the Pride service my transgender daughter recently organized at our temple, she noted…
At the Intersection of Queer and Jewish: A Reflection The life I live today as a queer Jew of color would not have been possible…
7 Jewish Reasons (and Ways) to Celebrate Canada Day Canada Day, a national holiday on July 1, marks the history, culture, and achievements of Canada…
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…
This Pride Month, We’ve Still Got a Long Way to Go to End LGBTQ Poverty This Pride Month, we remain committed to raising awareness about…