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As a Reform Jew, I lead a largely secular life. Most of my friends aren't Jewish. My daily schedule is governed more by school hours and work demands than it is by rituals of worship. And the...
Never in my life have I craved Shabbat as deeply as I did on Friday, April 19th, 2013. My wife Nicole and I were expecting our family to arrive from all over the East Coast to celebrate our newborn...
The Jewish prayerbook — the siddur — is a rich and dense work. What began in ancient times as a simple collection of biblical quotations and blessings, expanded as one generation after another...
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about unplugging for Shabbat – and wondering what that would mean for many Reform and Conservative Jews. Most of us drive on Saturday, answer the phone, write, and...
My 6-year-old son recently staged a one-man play in our kitchen. It had a simple plot – a mom with her face buried in her phone, tapping away at the keys while a kid tries to get her attention. ...
Someone new recently joined my weekly atheist meet-up group, so the subject came up again: What was your former religion? When and why did you stop believing?
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