Dreaming Out Loud
Dreaming Out Loud: On Becoming a Rabbi at Age 59 is the title of the book I’ve been writing, on …
Tag Archives: Torah
Leadership
Last month I became the new president of the local rabbinical association. Don’t congratulate me. I accepted the role grumbling, …
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 …
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 …
The Book of Naomi
William Blake wrote, “In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, …
A Slightly Unhinged Bio
Sometimes you wake up early and despite birdsong and sunlight, everything is just too much. You must know what I …
Second Chances
Today is my favorite Jewish kinda-sorta-holiday. It’s Pesach Sheni — second Passover. The Biblical situation where it arises is extraordinary. …
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 …
Hug a Tree
I cannot begin to express at this moment how much I love being Jewish. I just learned that in the …
When the Call Comes, Pay Attention
I was invited to speak to a Unitarian Universalist community this morning. Their theme for the month is “pay attention.” …
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