The Crack in My Heart
It’s time. Time for God to come back inside from wandering in the fields and get down to business. Time …
Category Archives: Hope
Jews: Stand Tall
This spring I took a long-planned, three-week trip to the mountains of northern Italy. Before I left, my friends all …
Leadership: Part Two
I was, and still am, a fan of President Obama. The day after his first election, I stopped for gas …
“Keep Hoping Machine Running”
In 1942, Woody Guthrie wrote a list of 33 New Year’s resolutions. He was six months shy of his 30th …
New Beginnings
The hostages came home, and we slowly entered a week of overflowing emotion — laughter that burst out uninvited, tears …
“It Has Never Not Been October 7th”
In a few minutes, it will be October 7th. And in a very real sense, it has been October 7th …
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 …
Curses, Blessings, and 9/11
Curses and blessings. The Torah offers them in the same breath — and so does life. Just when everything seems …
Hope Amid Destruction: To Be a Jew
I’m shaken. I may live on the other side side of the country, may never have wandered the streets of …
How Can I Help?
“What do you need? How can I help?” We can’t stop ourselves from asking, even when we know the answers: …
