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I don’t remember the date in September—even though, beginning on Labor Day, my son reminds me several times—but I have ...

Yom Kippur is an exhausting day. By the end of the day, we’re tired, we’re hungry, and we’re just ready ...

There’s an old joke about a rabbi, a priest, and a minister. The three leaders are speaking on a panel ...

Just before Sukkot began, news came out of a prominent Conservative rabbi who came out to his congregation as gay. ...

Tonight begins the 8-day festival of Sukkot (7 days in Israel and in the American Reform movement). One of the ...

I recently had the privilege of serving on a Beit Din (Rabbinic Court) for an individual who was converting to ...

The majesty and transcendence of the High Holidays are behind us. Rosh Hashanah with its coronation of God and Yom ...

At the end of the Day of Atonement we petition: “Breathe into me of Your spirit, and I will live ...

On Sukkot, it’s customary to read Chapter 14 from the prophet Zechariah.Have you read it? I mean, really read it?If ...

It’s the great communal experience of the Jewish people. We fill halls and sanctuaries and homes in eager anticipation. Some ...

That’s not something you hear all the time, especially on the day leading into Yom Kippur, perhaps the most G*d ...

Yom Kippur conjures solemnity and foreboding for many Jews. Ritual fasting, abstinence, penitence, and rehearsing for death evolved as core ...