From Sorrow Comes Something New
Just as Hannah's sorrow revolutionized prayer, it takes only one person to expand our view of what is possible, to give us permission to express our truest selves.
At New Year's, We Can Revisit Rosh HaShanah Goals... and Try Again
T'shuvah: Returning to Our Truest Selves at the High Holidays
In Celebration of Rosh HaShanah and Yom Kippur at Home
Why Avinu Malkeinu is So Important After the Year We've Had
Every summer, I go through the same routine.
Sowing Bread in the Sea: A Psalm for Tashlich
Northeastern University’s Answer to Food Insecurity – A Community Fridge
5780: Our Annual Rosh HaShanah Sermon Roundup
Typically, at some point in my work on this project, my wife will lean over my shoulder and ask me, in her own style, “So. How are the Jews this year?” Some years that is a difficult question to answer. This year the answer is clear: The Jews are afraid.
The Calendar, Yet Again
The number of months, with God, is 12 in the Book of God, the day that He created the heavens and the earth… The month postponed is an increase of unbelief whereby the unbelievers go astray; one year they make it profane, and hallow it another…
-Quran 9:36-37
High Holiday Lessons from ‘Orange Is the New Black’
Recuperating from a broken ankle this summer, I had time to catch up on my binge streaming. One of my current favorites is the popular Netflix series Orange Is the New Black, which began streaming its seventh and final season on July 26.