The Thursday That Became Shabbat
It is Thursday. And yet, for me, it is Shabbat. I am in northern Italy, in a region that was …
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Counting the Days of the Journey
“Might within loving kindness.” It is day two of the daily Omer count between Passover and Shavuot. Each day for …
Hug a Tree
I cannot begin to express at this moment how much I love being Jewish. I just learned that in the …
Heroes Praying With Their Feet
“I felt as though I was praying with my feet.” This was Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel’s response to marching arm-in-arm …
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, …
“No One Should Be Alone”
The day before Yom Kippur, the synagogue I attend received a threatening phone call. The caller said he knew our …
Together in Courage & in Prayer
The news that Israel attacked Iran to cripple their nuclear bomb program was itself a bombshell. It was as if …
About Holiness, God, and Trusting My Dog
My thanks to everyone who was so kind about my essay on being a rabbi. Before I start writing about …
Passover 2025
It is almost Passover. A holiday that commemorates freedom and self determination.  Although this is the third Passover since …
Mercy
Seldom does one hear one voice ask for mercy for another. Almost never have we heard one voice ask for …
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