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 …
Tag 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 …
Massi di Cemmo: Where Humans & God Met
Today I stood in a valley between Italian mountains and saw where the hand of God touched human hands. But …
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 …
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 …
“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 …
Telling Moses “We’re OK”
As a rabbi who writes a weekly essay, I’ve come to realize that I have much greater freedom since I …
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 …
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