High Holy Days

We spent the whole morning of prayers during the High Holidays on our pleas for forgiveness from God, and our ...

Happy birthday world Hayom Harat Olam Congratulations On making it another year, On faking it another year Like they earned ...

This summer, two things happened at once, making me think about fasting in a whole new way—and as Yom Kippur ...

My husband and I took a weekend getaway to Toronto. Crossing the Peace Bridge into Canada, it struck me how ...

The season of teshuvah is for thinking and feeling, but mainly as springboards for action

Last September, one of the kindest and loveliest of my friends and colleagues was diagnosed with an aggressive form of ...

Elul, which initiates the holiday countdown, is more than just a calendric alarm clock.

This Jewish month is the doorway to the High Holy Days of awe, meaning, introspection and transformation.

Too often rabbis say either what we think people need to hear or what we feel obligated to share.

As a rabbi who is blessed with the humbling privilege of leading her congregation, after the High Holy Days have ...