It’s teshuvah time — time for repentance and return in preparation for Rosh Hashanah, the New Year. What approach should I…
Category: Prayer
Where is God's Glory?
We’ve had a week of heartbreaking events. Where, where is God? On the banners of one or another army? In…
Me, Me, Meaning
We are the “selfie generation.” Don’t let the epithet unsettle you. According to leading sociologists, we are not the first…
What Shall I Wear to the Prom?
Clothing is on my mind. Not because I’m a superficial person, but because fabric art has been featured in the…
Found: New Prayers
In this week’s Exploring Judaism class at Or Shalom Synagogue, we discussed “prayer.” Student questions drove our discussion. What are we hoping…
Sylvia's Kaddish
Who will say Kaddish for my sweet Aunt Sylvia? Not the husband or brother she had outlived, when she passed…
Shall We Pray?
Occasionally, a book about Jewish prayer will tell you that Judaism discourages spontaneous prayer. That magic of Jewish prayer, the…
Tale of the 13 Attributes
When faced with a particularly weighty problem, the Baal Shem Tov would go to a particular place in the woods,…
We Are As Clay
Ki Hiney Kachomer: We Are As Clay. A beloved piyyut, Hebrew liturgical poem, from the Yom Kippur service. A poem inviting us…