A poem in response to the US presidential election

Our struggles are not with each other; we must unite in the shared struggle for peace

Different levels of our soul: nefesh, ruach, and neshama; how to keep our neshama pure and bright.

Rosh Hashanah sermon about belief & disbelief in God

A Rosh Hashanah sermon on the power of showing up in community and bearing witness to each other's pain

our memories the memories we have of others are faulty things inconsistent, disjointed, warped by emotion which ones carry on? which are...

"the heart is never so open / as when it is broken / let it break, let it break"

It is not enough to protect trans kids if we are not empowering and honoring trans adults. Much of the transgender rights movement has...

Stories from my own life on diversity which have taught me about ignorance and efforts to move past it.

In preparing to apply for rabbinical school, I was meeting regularly with my rabbi. In one of our meetings he prepped me through a mock...

An explanation of why I am a Zionist who supports a ceasefire in Palestine.

A couple years ago, one of my professors died from an illness we all hoped she’d recover from. The whole college was in mourning over...

Ruach wind, spirit, the invisible force felt but not seen falling leaves surround me thank you God for the wonder of creation

the weather has turned the sun takes its time to rise slowly slinking into position in the sky not quite reaching the top tenderly...

The One Who Makes Peace blessing bread bought from the supermarket our blessing says, thank you God for bringing forth bread from the...

God of time and space, teach me the patience of a planet steady in orbit the silent wisdom of stone the resilience of mountains eroding...

On Yom Kippur, we ask for forgiveness from those we have wronged, and we grant forgiveness to those who have wronged us. We consider this...

Happy #InternationalWomensDay! I love this Miriam's cup I made with Congregation Or Ami 's family education program Menschify! We all...

השקדיות העייפות פותחות פריחותן באי רצון האביב מעיר אותן עם רעד נראה לי כמו הארץ אבל איזה ארץ היא הארץ שלי? אין לי כלום, שככתוב: לה׳ הארץ...

It has been a year now since the antisemitic massacre at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh. I remember exactly where I was when I...