Shabbat

Living the Jewish calendar is to be bound by Jewish peoplehood and Jewish solidarity

In this moment of crisis, we need to let things arise and evaporate, leaving us unburdened enough to do the work of peace.

Why does Jewish tradition instruct us to endlessly retell the story of our ancestors' enslavement?

The visceral cries of the enslaved Israelites, not their words, was essential to the process of liberation.

My return to sacred space.

When we look at the dark future like God wrestlers, then even in the darkest moments, we can maintain a clear and piercing vision.

Like our ancestors before us, we are called to let go of our sacred cows.

Haman’s persecution awakened in the Jews a spark of defiance, a motivation not to hide their Judaism, but to celebrate it.

Jewish tradition is replete with legends both uplifting and ominous about the vernal equinox.

The Israelite women who contributed to the tabernacle recognized the deeper gift God had given in the lengthy, exacting instructions for its construction.

The Torah commands us to remember the evil of Amalek — but also to forget.

The choice to create a second Purim speaks volumes about how our people value resilience.