Last week I was invited to join Intimate Judaism, a podcast hosted by Talli Yehuda Rosenbaum and Rabbi Scott Kahn. I was asked to speak...

I had a dream I saw you. I was with you, visiting you. One of my kids was there. You were younger, maybe in your 60s or 70s. Being with...

Composed on Facebook on September 12, 2021 Inspired by Mordechai, some thoughts on mechila, forgiveness (really more of an absolution)...

The deep anger being exposed this week in our larger community is terrible to see but hopefully will move people past their immediate...

Back in April, I presented at the 2021 Graduate Student Research Symposium at Widener University I start at 25:15, and you can hear me...

Kids and loss. It's just a tough combination. Less than a week after the tragedy in Meron, and two weeks after the shooter in West...

My grandmother (Ahuva/Savti) was the gatekeeper of a nation's memories. She and my grandfather (Yaakov/Saba) met in Lehi. Savti trained...

Thanks to everyone who joined us tonight, and a special thanks to Aimee Friedman Baron for hosting and Chari Pere for having the spine in...

When vocational schools became the butt of a joke Americans lost something fundamental. Many public schools now have programs allowing...

76 years ago Auschwitz was liberated. That is a breath away from where we stand that. Not even a full lifetime. On this International...

I need a mental break from all the everything. So here's what we were talking about over Shabbat: If Sesame Street were Jewish. First my...

I remember hearing from a liberator who was Black. He described seeing the worse humanity could do, how it felt to be the one who got to...

You know that feeling when you're grasping for a word but can't find it? And you talk around it and describe it and someone tells you and...

My professor today was talking about her mother-in-law who just passed away. She shared that when they moved to Israel in 1977 they were...

It's always difficult for me to fully connect to Tisha b'Av. The reality of ancient Israel, of the Beit haMikdash, of a deep physical...

I remember my first protest. We went as a group, on a bus. We got snacks on the drive - and kazoos. We prepped with signage, water, and...

My sister always makes these for her kids - they're quick and taste delicious. I've been trying to make them GF but they don't come out...

We make this year-round, always gluten-free. It's really good! Prep time - how quickly can you grate apples? 2 lbs. baking apples, peeled...

I believe that this is from the same Italian Jewish cookbook that's in WHB while I'm in PA. This is one I expected to be good. I was...