Celebrating Shabbat in Tel Aviv the Reform Way
Last Friday night, I celebrated Kabbalat Shabbat in Tel Aviv, but not in my usual manner.
Beautiful Discrimination: How Social Media Turned One Person's Ignorance into Another's Healing
There is a place inside my emotional being I don’t touch. It is deep in my soul and rests there like a stone. People who know me know that I am open, candid. I share myself easily and readily. But not this. This place is hidden and quiet and confusing.
Spring Training: Let the Games Begin!
It's February, and that means baseball! Let's take a look at baseball's four distinct seasons to discover why this month is such a joyful time for fans.
The Torah In Haiku: Mishpatim
The elders "meet" G-d
A vision on sapphire stones
Heaven's pure essence
Happy Adar, the Gateway to the Gateway to Spring!
"When Adar enters, joy increases!" So says the wisdom of our tradition (B. Ta'anit 29a.) Why?
To Build And Be Built By
Though Parshat T'rumah provides instructions regarding the building of the Mishkan – the Tabernacle and the Aron HaKodesh, the container in which the Torah is to be kept and revered, the lessons to be derived from this parasha are much broader.
Be Happy, It's Adar!
This year, we celebrate the beginning of the month of Adar between “Shabbat Shekalim” and the Shabbat when we read the Torah portion “Truma” (donation). Shabbat Shekalim reminds us that each and every one of us has an equal share in the amazing challenge that is the State of Israel.
Playing by the Rules in Golf and Judaism
I was sitting in front of the TV last week, laptop in position, watching the PGA Waste Management Open from Phoenix.