"Inside Llewyn Davis" and Judaism: What's the Connection?
"Folk song calls the native back to his roots and prepares him emotionally to dance, worship, work, fight, or make love in ways normal to his place." Alan Lomax, Folk Songs of North America
The Torah In Haiku: Bo
At Tu BiShvat, Digging for Spiritual Growth
While my neighbors were putting their Christmas trees to the curb, in what seems like a ritual of replacement, I was preparing to plant for Tu BiShvat.
A Letter to Dan Snyder, Owner of Washington, D.C.'s Football Team
[Editor's Note: This letter by Rabbi Michael Feshbach and Josh Silver was sent to Dan Snyder, owner of Washington, D.C.’s professional football team, on December 23, 2013.]
Dear Mr. Snyder:
From My Israeli Kitchen: Techina Cookies
In New York, a Glimpse of Middle East Peace
It was 11 o'clock on a chilly September night and I was coming home from a gig - my first in New York City. I had just moved to Manhattan from Jerusalem a couple of months before to become a professional jazz bass player and would take any job I could get.
What If? One Family's BRCA Mutation Story
Last month, in the midst of staffing the Union for Reform Judaism’s Biennial Convention in San Diego, I ran into a friend of my mom’s.
International Holocaust Memorial Day: Some Were Neighbors
"We were friends, I thought. And here she was with the others in the mob!”
Breathing a Post-Holiday Sigh of Relief: An Interfaith Story
The holidays are over, and with the start of the secular new year, I am no longer holding my breath and bracing myself for another round of “Merry Christmas!” After releasing an overdue post-holiday sigh of relief, my breathing becomes more rhythmic as I enter the present moment, the here and now