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Do We Go to High Holiday Services for the Comfort of the Boredom?
At the conclusion of Yom Kippur services, the rabbi was standing at the door shaking hands as the congregation departed. ...
Kingdom Without a King
First thing in the morning, I like to take a 3-block walk to the Grind Café and Gallery on Main ...
Give Up the Guilt: A Proposal for the New Year
Here is a radical proposal for the New Year, forget the guilt, instead, lean into what you love to become ...
Do I Need to Plan Ahead?
It is one month until Rosh Hashannah, the Jewish New Year. That sentence strikes fear in to the heart of ...
Where Children Pray
“Why do we pray?” I asked before we entered our makeshift sanctuary. We had gathered at the cabins. Dressed in ...
Researching God
Theist? Atheist? Agnostic?Don’t answer until you’ve done some rigorous research.That’s right, research: with a method, literature review, experimental design, data ...
Vinyl for Hipsters vs. Vinyl for High Holy Days: Or, “Old School Columbia Records”
This blog post was written by Anna Stusser, a summer intern currently working in the Museum Department at the ISJL.Vinyl ...
Overturning DOMA and the blessing of being seen
This morning I waited until the Supreme Court convened before posting here. Elation is the feeling that many of us ...
My Southern Jewish Son, the US Army Sergeant/Black Hawk Helicopter Crew Chief
When we brought our baby son home from the hospital nearly 27 years ago, we imagined many things for his ...
Inclusion is a Jewish Imperative
Why do you try to be so inclusive? It’s OBVIOUS that you are liberal because you care about these marginalized ...
The Middle School Prayer
Middle school is hard. Bodies betray young people as they lurch uncertainly towards adulthood. Emotions rear up and overtake sensibility ...
Rescuing Grace
I was speaking with a friend who was trying mightily to do the right thing in a tough situation. She ...