Celebrate
The Ethical Implications of Ma’oz Tzur (Rock of Ages)
Should you joyously sing a song that you might find offensive?
Pharaoh’s Courtiers
We can identify with Pharaoh's servants--and this need not make us uncomfortable.
Whatever Happened to the Ten Commandments?
Why this central part of the Torah is not in our daily liturgy.
A Megillah for Hanukkah?
The case for reviving a tradition of reading the Scroll of Antiochus.
Lamentations
Eicha, the Book of Lamentations, asks important questions that address the theological crisis following the Jewish exile.
The Jewish Connection to Jerusalem
Remembering Jerusalem permeates Jewish belief, thought, and practice in profound and powerful ways.
A Communal Mourning
On Tisha B'Av, re-enacting the sorrow felt by those who survived the destruction of the Temple