Recharge

Though it is ostensibly about the purification of the Temple, Hanukkah really marks the political achievement of the Hasmoneans.

Differences need not diminish us.

In a time of deep social division, it's vital that we choose our messengers wisely.

Turning away from our destination may be how we get where we need to go.

How can we cultivate gratitude as a consistent state of being?

Why I'm letting go of the future and recommitting to the here and now.

Freedom requires us to know what we are for, what we will do with our freedom, and how that will impact others.

Even though most Jews live in democracies, they continue to pray for their leaders -- not the people who elect them.

We can escape neither our accidents nor our fates.

The most universalist of Jewish holidays, Sukkot is the celebratory coda of Judaism's annual initiation rites.

More than anything else this year, I want permission to pray for peace.

Jewish tradition places its celebration of the new year at a precarious moment in the calendar.