Yom Kippur
The Yom Kippur Diet: Mom Edition
“Are you going to fast on Yom Kippur?” “Are you going to try not to eat until chatzot, midday?” These ...
Confronting Murderers and Finding Forgiveness
I think about the nature and concept of forgiveness literally on a daily basis. As a lawyer, my practice consists ...
Gratitude and Forgiving the Unforgivable
A while back I suggested a unique way of doing the chesbon nefesh (soul’s accounting) we are expected to do ...
Yom Kippur: Break Fast Recipes
Break-the-fast Menu Ideas
Fasting on Yom Kippur and other fasting holidays is probably not your favorite part of Judaism, and it’s certainly not ...
Pride on Yom Kippur? These Nice Jewish Girls Say ‘No Way’
It was a small miracle when the Northern Virginia Pride (NOVA) committee scheduled its first pride after three years of planning and ...
Dear Friend, May You Be Written in the Book of Life
“May you be Written in the Book of Life” is such a nice phrase to utter at this time of ...
Smoked Salmon and Goat Cheese Quiche
Though most Jews name Hanukkah, Purim or Passover as their favorite of the many (many) holidays, I have always been ...
Leave Your Seatbacks in their Full, Upright Position
A minor cultural kerfuffle flared up recently about airline seats and the question of whether to recline or not.On a ...
Prayer for Diversity
Change is difficult. It can only happen when we reflect on the present and imagine different possibilities for going forward. ...
Who Will Live and Who Will Die?
We live with a practical tradition. We begin the New Year with ten days devoted to introspection. Between Rosh Hashanah and ...
High-Tech High Holidays
When I entered rabbinical school, I never imagined I would become a rabbi of an online synagogue. In fact, when ...
Between Death and Life
Years ago, I faced a summer’s end with a series of five deaths in the tiny congregation I served as ...