Sukkot
I’m Only Happy When it Rains
Every year, I do my best to engage with the process of teshuvah (repentance) during the High Holidays. A few weeks ...
When Lightning Strikes
My ten-year-old son, Jake, has become excessively frightened by lightning. He used to be mildly scared by the noise of ...
Remembering Jenna
I don’t remember the date in September—even though, beginning on Labor Day, my son reminds me several times—but I have ...
Why We Build Something That We Know We’ll Take Down
Yom Kippur is an exhausting day. By the end of the day, we’re tired, we’re hungry, and we’re just ready ...
Sukkot: A Time (and Place) for Welcoming
When Kathryn Macias joined the Boston Jewish community in the Keshet Sukkah this past week, she shared her thoughts on what it means to ...
A Holiday of Reconciliation
Just before Sukkot began, news came out of a prominent Conservative rabbi who came out to his congregation as gay. ...
Can We Be Commanded to Be Happy?
Tonight begins the 8-day festival of Sukkot (7 days in Israel and in the American Reform movement). One of the ...
What Does a Southern & Jewish Sukkot Parody Look Like?
You know that song that’s been playing on the radio? That one with the really catchy tune that you just ...
Sukkot and Home
Shana tova and chag sameach! The Jewish fall calendar is full of celebration and festivities and one of my favorites ...
The Season of Our Newborn Joy
At the end of the Day of Atonement we petition: “Breathe into me of Your spirit, and I will live ...
Sukkot, Our Interfaith Hippie Re-visioning Festival
On Sukkot, it’s customary to read Chapter 14 from the prophet Zechariah.Have you read it? I mean, really read it?If ...
Simchat Torah: Circling Back
Rabbi Jane Litman first presented these words of Torah for Simchat Torah in 2006, as part of the Torah Queeries ...