Beliefs & Practices

A couple weeks ago, I was returning from vacation and was waiting for my bag at the Jackson airport baggage ...

This summer, my wife and I welcomed our first child into the world in Jackson, Mississippi. Ever since, the birth ...

Are you afraid of things that go bump in the night? I was, but I’ve been taking a course — well, ...

As I’ve written about before, music has been a huge part of my life and my Judaism ever since I ...

My family hadn’t been to synagogue in awhile. Even though I’m a Jewish professional myself, it happens—largely because while I ...

If it means that you will never allow a women on the board, please do not pass me the Torah ...

  מִן-הַמֵּצַר, קָרָאתִי יָּהּ;    עָנָנִי בַמֶּרְחָב יָהּ Out of the tight place I called to the LORD; God answered me ...

This is the third installment in my three-part series on “becoming Southern and Jewish.”After “coming out” as Jewish in the ...

This post is the second in my three-part-series on “Becoming Southern and Jewish.”Over the course of my next two years ...

Back in August, when I last posted for this blog, I was on my way to visit the URJ Six ...

Over the course of the next few weeks, I’m going to share a series of posts about my reflection on ...

Here’s another in our periodic series about making a home in Mississippi, and feeling that there’s something special about the ...