The Still Small Voice
We have a Yom Kippur tradition in our family. Call it family custom, call it superstition, but we do not attend Yizkor service until we’ve lost someone close to us. […]
Jewish Films Love the Strangers Among Us
The 2025 JIFF (Jewish & Israeli Film Festival) has come and gone. Featuring a variety of indie films and documentaries, each year presents a mosaic of Jewish life. These films […]
Ask a Rabbi: Dealing with Family Who Have Differing Views on Israel
Rabbi, my child is a college student at Ohio State. In the past several months, they have become more and more anti-Zionist as the situation in Israel drags on. Our […]
Rally Against White Supremacy Organizers Disinvite Rabbi for Views on Israel
Temple Sholom Rabbi Ari Jun, the former director of the Cincinnati and Dayton JCRC, and senior rabbi at the Cincinnati synagogue since last December, was abruptly disinvited from speaking at […]
Purim – It’s Not What it Seems
Like Tu b’Shvat, which I wrote about last month, Purim also suffers from the image of being a pediatric holiday. Purim is fun. We give and get gifts of food, […]
Bearing the Weight of Survival
My baby turned one this week, but all I can think about is the boy who never had a birthday. This week, Israel is crying for the Bibas family, a […]
Ask the Rabbi: Business Partner Gone Wrong
Rabbi, I just found out my best friend and business partner has been stealing money from our company for years. I am devastated and angry and don’t know what to […]
Comfortable in the ‘Wildnerness’: Whitney Fisch, new CEO of BaMidbar
Whitney Fisch has spent her professional life venturing into the unknown to face new challenges. The Georgia native has now taken up her latest adventure into the wilderness as the […]
Ways to Take Care of Yourself
Israeli officials confirmed this week that Shiri Bibas and her two young children, Ariel and Kfir, were killed by Hamas. The children’s bodies were returned to Israel along with the […]
Ask the Rabbi: Am I Jewish Now?
Question: I was raised in a Christian home but never had much of a connection with my faith. I recently participated in 23 and Me, and my results came back […]