Yom Kippur
The National Anthem Is Not a Loyalty Pledge. It’s Liturgy.
When I was a kid, I would always leave the service on Yom Kippur day when it came time for ...
Yom Kippur 2017
Yom Kippur begins at sunset on Friday, September 29 and ends at sundown on Saturday, September 30.
The Main Thing is to Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing
If you had walked into Washington D.C.’s L’Enfant Plaza on the morning of January 12, 2007, you would have been ...
Goals and Hopes During Elul
It’s the most magical time of the year.And it’s not Christmas.It’s Elul!I love the month of Elul because it is ...
Arrived: First of Our Long Awaited Refugee Families!
Or Shalom, Vancouver’s East-Side Shul, the synagogue I serve as spiritual leader, is a community of 200 households that has ...
Why Is Yom Kippur So Late This Year?
In 2016, Yom Kippur doesn't start until mid-October. Here's why.
How to Make Gravlax
Have you ever made gravlax? If you have, then you know how easy and simple it is. And if you ...
Savory Cheese Kugel Recipe for Shavuot
Shavuot, the Festival of Weeks, marks the end of the seventh week counting of the Omer from the start of ...
Yom Kippur 2016
Click here for more questions and answers about Yom Kippur.When is Yom Kippur?Yom Kippur 2016 begins at sunset on Tuesday, ...
Throwback Thursday: Texas for the Holidays
After the end of my two-year term as an ISJL Education Fellow, I moved back to Massachusetts to begin rabbinical ...
What Are You Doing Tomorrow?
As a rabbi who is blessed with the humbling privilege of leading her congregation, after the High Holy Days have ...
Dear School Officials, Please Don’t Excuse Absence from School Today. Encourage It.
Dear School Officials,Today is Yom Kippur, the most sacred day of the Jewish calendar. It is the Day of Atonement, ...