spirituality
It’s Thanksgiving, But What if One Doesn’t Feel Thankful?
Happy Thanksgiving.Now, let’s get real: Some don’t feel thankful today. We might feel like the turkeys got us down. We might feel burdened ...
Black, Female and Almost a Rabbi
When I was 6 years old I told my parents I was going to become a rabbi. I was blessed ...
An Israeli Orthodox Feminist Visits JOFA
When I was 17, as part of my high school matriculation requirements, I wrote a paper on the subject of ...
The Spirituality of Just Hanging Out (Shemini Atzeret Edition)
Sunday night (October 4, 2015) begins Shemini Atzeret, the last festival in the summer/fall Jewish holiday cycle. For many moderns, ...
Dear School Officials, Please Don’t Excuse Absence from School Today. Encourage It.
Dear School Officials,Today is Yom Kippur, the most sacred day of the Jewish calendar. It is the Day of Atonement, ...
Navigating Orthodox Conversion with a Feminist Sensibility
I was 75 percent Jewish, I told the Orthodox rabbi, my paternal grandparents and one maternal grandparent were all Jewish. “So, you’re not Jewish,” he replied.
We Have Met the Enemy
On September 10, 1813, Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry led the U.S. Navy to victory in the pivotal Battle of Lake Erie, which ...
The Devil You Know
For all of Torah’s miracles large and small, the story of a talking donkey who sees an angel is perhaps ...
A String Around Your Finger
For all the spiritual riches of religious tradition, sometimes we forget our spiritual essence – the spark of divinity we associate with ...
The Soul You Have Given Me (And The Spirits, Too)…
I grew up and live now in New Orleans. When people think of religion in New Orleans, they might think ...