recharge

As Jews, we carry within us residues of traumas we may ourselves have never experienced.

Jewish tradition is deeply torn, and even contradictory, in its thinking about war.

Ancient scriptures tell two very different stories about why we celebrate the Festival of Lights.

At this moment of intensifying violence, the Torah offers an insight into how we might open a path towards peace.

It is possible to hold both the deep pain of this moment and a sense of gratitude for the blessings that surround us.

Could it be that in our yearning for light, we fail to recognize the gifts of darkness?

When we find ourselves in a place of brokenness, we must remember to get out. And also to stay.

Are there stories in the Jewish canon that shed light on how to reckon with evil without losing one's moral foundation?

How does one recite these joyful psalms at a moment of peril?

Hoshanah Rabbah is the climax of the High Holiday cycle, the day the judgment of Yom Kippur receives its final seal.