Fear and Faith
I’m an educator, so I get lots of ads for teaching tools in my inbox. Today’s haul included a curriculum …
Category Archives: belief
When We Lift Up the Light
It is Shabbat, and although I have not opened my Bible this morning, I cannot get the Torah portion out …
A Slightly Unhinged Bio
Sometimes you wake up early and despite birdsong and sunlight, everything is just too much. You must know what I …
A Jew and A Muslim…
Yesterday evening I was in an Uber, traveling from the airport to a friend’s house. My driver was originally from …
“You Are a Demented Ostrich!”
I love studying Talmud. As long as it’s in English, that is, because I came to the rabbinate in my …
Jews: “The Sacred Ability to Rise Again”
The Jewish world is poised between two realities. Right now, we dwell in the days between Rosh Hashanah and Yom …
Above My Pay Grade: Wrestling With God’s Plan
This weekend, I will lead Shabbat services at a synagogue for the first time in months. It’s a synagogue I …
Celebrating My Birthday and My Life
This week marks two milestones in my life. On July 3rd, eleven years ago, I began what became a weekly …
Shavuot: Life Lessons from Torah
Inspiration: The act of taking in something indescribable, ineffable, impossible to see, touch, or explain, and turning it into something …
The God I Believe In
The book of Leviticus ends with two lists – one of blessings, one of curses. The shorter list is the …
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