Sacred Spaces, Sacred Responsibility: Practical Lifesaving Steps
Very few people plan to save a life; but maybe it's time to change that thinking.
How the Yom Kippur After Hurricane Katrina Changed Me Forever
“On Rosh HaShanah, the year’s decree is written, and on Yom Kippur it is sealed, who will live and who will die…”
We hear these words each year in our High Holidays prayer book, and they fill our hearts with dread: Have I done what was right, or at least the
Putting Down Roots: Why Our Jewish Family Needs a Yard Full of Trees
We celebrated the holiday of Tu BiShvat – the “Jewish Arbor Day” – way back in February, and we won’t celebrate it again until January. But no matter: I need to talk about the trees now.
Footsteps in History
This month, I was fortunate to spend time in Gondar, Ethiopia, volunteering with Jewish Healthcare International. The task was to provide medical screening for the remaining Ethiopians making aliyah to Israel in 2013.
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