The Power of Ritual
My friend Chick Silberman wrote: “So why do you need to talk about God – unless congregants ask you? I …
Category Archives: God
It’s season in Florida
I knew this would happen. “Season” is upon us, which means that my Technion job is much more than full-time …
100 blessings a day
I’ve been thinking about blessings lately. This is mostly because I’m helping a kid prepare for his Bar Mitzvah, and …
Spirituality vs Intellect
In an e-mail conversation yesterday with a colleague about High Holiday services, he asked: “I trust you know what you …
Shana Tova
Due to my never-ending search for the sublime and the ridiculous (preferably together) I was delighted to run across an unfortunate …
May God Bless You With Discomfort
I quoted part of the following prayer yesterday from a college-age friend’s FB page, who heard it at an address …
Virtual congregations?
Just as I was sitting down to write to about congregations and why they’re important, two things appeared on my …
That God Fellow Again
I know a lot of high schoolers. Partly because I’m mom to two teens, and partly because I used to …
New Age Judaism in the Berkshires
I’ve left you hanging long enough. Nice to know that I’ve got loyal readers who want to know how the …
Testing Integrity
Great headline in this morning’s paper: “Integrity test can still yield surprises.” While I contemplated the concept of testing for …
