Second Chances
You may not have noticed, but this past Wednesday was Pesach sheni – literally, second Passover. It’s designed for people who can’t …
Category Archives: belief
The Time is Now
I keep reading that time is a construct. Meaning, we humans made it up. Here’s how author Blake Crouch put …
“You Shall Be Holy”
The Holiness Code is my favorite part of the Torah, and not just because it was my bat mitzvah Torah …
24 Years
January 29 was a Friday in 1999. The next day we went to a chilly, deserted Siesta Key beach and …
The God I Do Believe In
In America today, belief in God is both communal and intensely private. We wear our religious symbols proudly and publicly, …
Prayer
Years ago I taught in a program for Jewish teens. When we got to the class on prayer I said …
I Believe
Can you prove that God exists? Or that God doesn’t exist? Soren Kierkegaard, who argued that life is only worth …
Chai plus one — My extra 19 years
On this date 19 years ago, I received a cancer diagnosis with a bleak prognosis. You have too much breast …
An Atheist and a Rabbi Walk into a Dog Park…
I met a man at the dog park this week who very loudly told me three things about himself, in …
Did God Create the Universe? The Answer
I find it amusing that the Discovery channel introduced a new series called “Curiosity” by asking the big question of …
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