“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 …
Category Archives: Judaism
Why I Love Christmas
It is Christmas Day, and I find myself reading an in-depth article by Dr. Rabbi Amy-Jill Levine on the deep …
Dreams
For several weeks I’ve strayed from the Torah portion and chose to write about other things. But time and Torah …
We Will Light The Candles
It happened again. And again I felt the familiar combination of being heartbroken and not in the least surprised. Jews …
“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 …
Where Thanksgiving and Judaism Meet
Every year someone asks me whether Thanksgiving is a Jewish holiday. There are two completely opposite answers to this question, …
When We Dare to Meet in the Middle
I am often surprised when Jews say to me, “Jews don’t believe in angels.” What, then, are we to make …
On Being Imperfect
This week’s Torah portion is called “The Life of Sarah.” Yet it contains nothing about Sarah’s life; instead, it tells …
Dreams, Visions, and Understanding
I have been working on a new curriculum for an adult education class on dreams and visions. At the same …
Beginning Again—Step by Step, Day by Day
Lately, everything around me has made me think about new beginnings. It started when the last group of living hostages …
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