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 …
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Hug a Tree
I cannot begin to express at this moment how much I love being Jewish. I just learned that in the …
The God of Judaism
For many years, I made my living as a fundraiser in the Jewish community. This week‘s Torah portion was one …
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 …
Reverse Omer for 2025
Spiritual preparation for the Jewish High Holidays is difficult. First, you have to figure out when they are, because it …
The Assumptions We Make (about each other)
Earlier this year, I wrote about an existential feeling of loneliness as a Jew in America. I ruffled a lot …
Building a Home for God
More than any other, this week’s Torah portion emphasizes the role of women in building community. Almost at the end …
Can People Really Change?
There’s a song in the musical Wicked with the repeated line, “because I knew you, I’ve been changed for the …
Finding God
This week we read of Jacob using a rock for a pillow and in his dream seeing angels going up …
Indifference
A man once asked two famous rabbis to teach him the entire Torah while standing on one foot. The first …
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