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…
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Letting Go at Auschwitz-Birkenau: Lessons from a Zen Peacemaker Retreat As the son of Holocaust survivors, I ruled out the possibility of ever visiting a concentration…
If Anne Frank Had a Gun I am often asked why Jews went like sheep to the slaughter during the Holocaust. The question falsely assumes…
Sharing the Human Experience of Holocaust Remembrance Day To make the ceremonies and reflections of Holocaust Remembrance Day meaningful, there must be ways it informs…
Rhineland #1: A Poem for Yom HaShoah “They know people died but nobody tells them about the worlds that were lost.” 4/11/2018 Julia Knobloch Read more…
Remembering the Holocaust Brings a Country Together Yom HaShoah is a day of mourning in Israel. Many stores close, music on the radio reflects the…
Gun Violence Prevention: Am I an Activist or an Actor? I don’t want my daughter to know we live in a world in which she…
Rabbi Rick Jacobs: Liberal Zionism’s Influential and Inspiring Leader A newly published article in New York Magazine powerfully captures the work of the Reform Jewish…
How a New Ceremony Changed My View of Yom HaShoah Yom HaShoah is typically a somber time to reflect, and for me personally, to be angry…
Would You Like a Side of Grasshoppers With That? Although we tend to limit our carnivorous palates to meat, fish, and fowl, a passage in…
Act in Today’s Call-In Day for Gun Violence Prevention As a follow-up to last month’s March for Our Lives, Reform Jewish young people have designated…
10 Things I Wish Everyone Knew About Passover Passover has a deeply meaningful message – but it also generates lots of confusion. Here’s what you…
How a Rare Jewish Ritual Added Meaning to Our Family When our son was born, we put a modern spin on the rare tradition of…
In Afghanistan, I Started Praying Before I Traveled In 2005-2006, I worked in Afghanistan, and to get to work, I had to travel on one of…
The Missouri Reform Jew Who Contributed to Israel’s Founding President Truman’s prompt recognition of the state of Israel in 1948 might not have happened without…
What I Learned from My “Lost Passover” Two years ago, for the first time ever, I didn’t attend a seder. A virulent infection was poisoning…
Remembering Dr. King, Our Modern-Day Moses As we mark 50 years since Dr. King was assassinated, and in thinking about his connection with Moses, I’m…
Using Our Heritage to Find a Cure for Parkinson’s Disease April is Parkinson’s Awareness Month, and – in honor of the one million people living…
Join a National Call-In Day on April 10th for Gun Violence Prevention We are urging Congress to pass comprehensive legislation that would improve public safety,…
There’s More Than One Way to Spell Shalom More than peace, shalom means well-being, health, wholeness, and prosperity. How can we achieve this precious blessing…