How many times has a teacher, website, or flyer promised to reveal to you The True Meaning of Hanukkah? How…
Category: Spirituality
Hiding My Secrets
Jacob has a secret spiritual name. It’s Shemesh, sun. But Joseph figures it out. Allusions to the sun frame the…
Holy, Holy, Holy Mom
During the Shabbat morning prayer service, I’m not always praying. To clarify: When I’m leading Shabbat morning services, I am…
Nonviolent Wisdom
Face it. The world is run by people. And we know how people’s minds work. Plato explained it in the…
Potential
At the first meeting of Or Shalom’s adult bnei mitzvah class, my co-teacher Susan S. and I invited students to…
Chance Encounters
Two Mondays ago: I am riding the subway in New York, enjoying the loud peace of the E train to…
Beinoni
When my brother and I were young, our mother of blessed memory read the parenting book Between Parent and Child…
Kol Nidre's Spell
“All vows and oaths we take, all promises and obligations we make between this Yom Kippur and the next are…