A Rabbi, a Priest, and a Mezuzah: A Story of Interfaith Friendship
I was saddened to hear the news this week of the passing of Father Theodore Hesburgh, former president of the University of Notre Dame.
Murder Darkens Our Home Field, So We Set Out the Chairs
We worked until almost midnight that Thursday, the 30 of us, all middle-aged softball players, arranging tables and chairs for the funeral of a man we didn’t know terribly well. But he had died so violently, in the face of such anger, that we couldn’t stay away.
The Israeli Children's Museum: A Catalyst for Social Change
More than 225,000 people passed through the doors of the Israeli Children’s Museum in Holon last year, where they experienced three interactive exhibits designed to show visitors the many ways that various demographics – namely deaf, blind, and aged populations – experience the world.
Unplugging to Connect to the Outside World, Jewishly and Otherwise
There’s an unavoidable irony inherent in tabling on a college campus for the National Day of Unplugging: namely, the majority of students who ignore me as they pass me by with headphones in their ears and glowing smartphones before their eyes.
To This Moment: A Poem about Joy
On the day before Purim, in the Hebrew month of Adar, Jewish musician Neshama Carlebach posted the following on Facebook:
The Torah In Haiku: Ki Tisa
Two tablets of stone
Written by God, but destroyed
By Moshe's anger
Exodus 31:18, 32:19:
‘Make it Happen’ on International Women’s Day and Bloody Sunday
Today is the commemoration of Bloody Sunday – that day in Selma, AL 50 years ago that is seared into our visual memory, even for those who were not there or not even alive at that time.
A "Reform" School for Jewish Boys
Today the Union for Reform Judaism is engaged in a variety of activities that include the Religious Action Center, camping, and
The Right to Wear a Kippah in Israel
I don’t remember the first time I skimmed my skull with a bobby pin and pushed a circle of knitted white cloth and strands of hair into its metal clasp.
The Torah In Haiku: Vayak'heil / P'kudei
All whose hearts moved them
All who were skilled - with "wise hearts"
All built the Mishkan
Exodus 35:5: