Holy Days & Festivals

As a synagogue rabbi, I feel as if we have been running a religious marathon for the past month. since. ...

Hoshana Rabbah is kind of a weird day – even for the Jewish calendar. It’s not really a holiday – ...

“How do I go on?”  I was asked recently at a service following the death of a beautiful woman in ...

Sukkot was never a big deal for me when growing up. Coming so soon after the pomp and circumstance of ...

I believe that pulpit rabbis have an obligation to frame issues of the day in a moral lens even when ...

In 2009, President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, with a simple, moving speech. He spoke of the challenge of ...

At the conclusion of Yom Kippur services, the rabbi was standing at the door shaking hands as the congregation departed. ...

First thing in the morning, I like to take a 3-block walk to the Grind Café and Gallery on Main ...

Here is a radical proposal for the New Year, forget the guilt, instead, lean into what you love to become ...

Traditional Jewish thought sees the whole world as a laboratory for learning. On the one hand, everything has value in ...