spirituality

At the end of the week, I embark on a weeklong meditation retreat. As the retreat starts, and for its ...

For forty-eight minutes, Father O’Neal was dead.As he crossed over into the next realm, he saw God.Forty-eight hours later, he ...

Jewish life is turned around – so suggests this week’s Torah portion (Terumah) about the first Mishkan (ritual focus of ...

It is somewhat of an exaggeration to say that Judaism has a blessing for everything. But only somewhat. After all, ...

I’ve been looking for meaningful full-time work since crash-landing in Philadelphia in August. After living in Boston for eight years ...

Several years ago I went to visit one of my daughters in Israel.  She was attending a summer program and ...

On January 11, 2015, I received rabbinic smicha (ordination) from ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal. Six years of academic study, ...

At my congregation in New Orleans, I teach an adult beginner Hebrew class. There are many different types of students ...

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

On a single day last week, we were stunned by news of the Charlie Helbo attack in Paris and a bomb ...