Mission Possible? I’ve always resonated with the expression that “…there are no atheists in foxholes.” It reflects both the classic human…
Two Minutes of Torah
“The before-times” has become short-hand in many of my social circles for norms that applied pre-pandemic, that we’ve had to…
One of the great gifts of the Jewish tradition is that it often provides just the texts to speak to…
Scholars often puzzle at why our upcoming book of Torah – known in Hebrew as B’midbar, or Wilderness – is known…
There’s an old parable which says that heaven and the underworld are both great big dinner parties. Both feature people…
A Great Rest and Reset What would it look like if the whole world rested at once? What would you…
The Spirit of the Law This week’s portion, Emor, continues the defining theme of the Book of Leviticus as a…
Radical Justice If you have spent time with children, you know that fairness seems to be one of their primary…
Aspirations to Holiness and Divinity As this week is a little bit off in terms of the alignment between the…
As Reform Jews, we find ourselves (with Jews in Israel) approaching a week of “out-of-sync-ness” with the calendar. We do…