Prayer

There is a myth that Jewish music is “always in a minor key,” and often echoes themes of pieces like ...

On January 4, my family and I were privileged to attend the final Broadway performance of the revival of Pippin ...

When I cook in my kitchen, I have a lot of company. I sometimes speak aloud to my grandmother who ...

Don’t be mad, but I am ordaining myself as a Hazzanista, which is like a cantor, barista, and fashionista rolled ...

Looking at the award-winning photograph “Chayla in Shul” I wonder:What is Chayla thinking? Here she is. Alone in this cavernous ...

With great fanfare, David Zvi Kalman and Joshua Schwartz announced their production of a new, “egalitarian and queer-inclusive” bencher, Seder ...

I did not have Simchat Torah this year. Bold statement, right? Some of you are probably thinking that I must ...

Every year, I do my best to engage with the process of teshuvah (repentance) during the High Holidays. A few weeks ...

I have always derived great pleasure from personal prayer during worship services. Spirituality is core to my identity; the journey ...

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