Don’t Get Drunk On Purim
Cautionary tales of Purim
August 15, 2022
August 15, 2022
How Religion Will Save Our Planet
We have language from our tradition to recover awe and wonder of nature.
August 15, 2022
An Inspiring Ninth of Av
Jewish sleepaway camp provided many of today’s adults with their first Tisha B’Av experience. There they sat on the floor of the Beit Am (communal building), watched interpretive dance, listened to the camp […]
August 15, 2022
But Really, Why Honey?
We dip in honey to force ourselves to pause and we find the symbolic honey in our own life.
August 15, 2022
Black Lives Matter Not Just For Americans
The Jews stranded in Ethiopia have been promised authorization to make Aliyah for decades.
August 15, 2022
9 Tips To Make Summer Homecoming Easier
How to make the re-entry from camp to home less awful for everyone.
August 15, 2022
A Letter to My Children On Election Day
We Jews know from our history the consequences of not having a vote.
August 15, 2022
The Road To Freedom Isn’t An Easy One
I dedicate these words to our neighbor George Floyd (z”l), may his memory be for a revolution. A new Pharaoh rose up over Egypt who knew not Joseph. Now, when […]
August 15, 2022
An Understanding of Gender in the Torah from Binary to Merism
How can I curse what God has blessed? That is what Balaam, the go to prophet-for-hire in the 13th century BCE says to the King of Moab. We read these […]
August 12, 2022
A Random Walk With Rashi: Ain’t Grammar Great?
Our G-d who art in Hendiadys, Hapox Legonimen be thy name.