Judaism Can Help AI Even More Than AI Can Help Judaism
In 1990, my father had a decision to make. He was going to venture into a new industry and had to decide which one made the most sense for him. […]
November 25, 2024
November 1, 2024
Judaism’s Greatest Competition Isn’t Other Religions, Its Secularism
“What holiday is coming up next?” This can be a dangerous question in Progressive Jewish spaces. Because inevitably, depending on the season, a kid will raise their hand and say […]
October 24, 2024
A Time To Kill & A Time To Heal: Kohelet’s Wisdom In Times Of War
To most of the world, the date is the October 7. To me it will always be Simchat Torah. The memory of the juxtaposition of the joyful singing and dancing […]
October 9, 2024
Taking a Risk for a Sweet Year
The thing about honey is, it isn’t simple like sugar. Cultivating sugar cane requires a great deal of effort, tending to the fields in blazing heat, processing and extracting the […]
October 7, 2024
A Year Later
A visitor (of which there are very few these days) might comment on how relatively normal life looks in Israel, even after a year of war. The beaches are full […]
September 11, 2024
Representing Judaism on College Campuses is No Small Task…Luckily a Jew is Never Alone
By the second week of September, most college students have started to get settled into their dorms, classes, and new routines. It is an exciting, discombobulating experience, especially for Freshmen […]
August 24, 2024
We Can’t Afford to Let Our Politics Take Away From Our Policies
Are you as exhausted from talking about politics as I am? Well, that isn’t exactly right. Let me rephrase: are you as exhausted from talking about these campaigns as I […]
August 22, 2024
Mutual Mitzvot: The Joys of Sharing a Holiday Meal
For Gayle Schindler, opening up her table during holidays isn’t just for the guests but also for her. “It’s not only the guests that ‘need’ a match,” she said. “Hosts […]
August 12, 2024
In All of Our Feelings: The Importance of Tisha B’av in our Experience of Judaism
When I look around at what’s going on in our world, I feel like I am living in Charles Dickens’s novel A Tale of Two Cities. At any given moment, […]
August 2, 2024
Cincinnati Has Renewed One Of Our Greatest Resources – The Library
If someone tried to pitch the idea for the public library in America today, it would get laughed out of the House. Copyright lawyers alone would have a conniption at […]