high holidays
Spiritual Not Religious at Rosh Hashanah
Shabbat dinner with young university students can be an adventure. My husband and I warm them up with a few ...
What My Road Trip Taught Me Just in Time for the High Holy Days
My husband and I took a weekend getaway to Toronto. Crossing the Peace Bridge into Canada, it struck me how ...
Inspiration
When we open our eyes in the morning, when we are confronted with challenges, when we seek to create beauty, ...
Now That I Have A Kid, How Do I Mark New Years… And Small Moments Each Day?
“Can you believe it’s been a year!?” Ever since my son was about 10 months old, many people have commented ...
5 Questions to Ask Yourself for the New Year
1. Am I living the life I want? Yup, that’s a big one to contemplate. Even a bit scary. But ...
To Repair the World – And Not Just the Jewish People!
One of the things I most love about the High Holidays is their focus on universality. During the rest of ...
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 ...
Make a Window in the Word
My favorite Hasidic teaching is a teaching about prayer couched in a homily on Noah’s Ark. God tells Noah to make ...
How Can We Forgive the Unforgivable?
The month of Elul ushers in a season of repentance and forgiveness, but it's not always so simple.