Building a Home for God
More than any other, this week’s Torah portion emphasizes the role of women in building community. Almost at the end …
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Moses, God, and the Youth of Dublin
I am in Dublin, just a few days before St. Patrick’s Day. There are large groups of young people, mostly …
It’s Not How You Look: It’s Who You Are
This week’s Torah portion is the one that always generates comments on the saying, “Do the clothes make the man?” …
Alone in a Crowd
We’ve all felt it—that moment of standing in the middle of a crowd yet feeling completely alone. You look around …
We Have Only Each Other
I don’t want to write about them. I don’t want to write about the two little redheaded boys and their …
A Heart-wrenching and Important Exhibit
I spent Tu B’Shevat this week on a bus to Miami and back—four hours in each direction. Along with 40 …
Agam Berger, “Hair Artist” & Hero
Tonight is known as Shabbat Shira, the Shabbat of Song, because this week’s Torah portion includes the Song of the …
Light in Times of Darkness
These past weeks Jews around the world have been reading the story of the Exodus from Egypt. Passover won’t happen …
To Work in Concert: A Lesson in Leadership
Whenever people do things together, we say they are acting in concert. But those concerts can be atonal, uncomfortable, even …
Courageous Conversations
I was honored to be asked to write about antisemitism in my local community. The essay below appeared on the …
