When You’re a Jewish Leader, You’re Never Alone
I am so grateful that none of us ever have to feel that we are doing the work of Jewish leadership alone. We have an entire movement walking beside us.
How and Why I Launched a Jewish Podcast
Independence doesn’t always play well with collaboration, and launching my own podcast helped me balance these two opposite forces in my life.
Raising a Moral Voice to Protect Sacred Lands
I recently visited Bears Ears National Monument in the company of 20 faith and tribal leaders to raise a moral voice to protect sacred native sites and public lands.
Finding Common Ground: Massachusetts Governor Baker's Address to the URJ Biennial
This address was presented before the 74th Union for Reform Judaism Biennial convention on Wednesday, December 6.
The Executives at CBS Should Have Asked Rabbi Schindler
We must remove the 'not wanted' signs from our hearts. We are opposed to intermarriage, but we cannot reject the intermarried. And we cannot but be aware that in our current behavior, we communicate rejection. - Rabbi Alexander Schindler, 1978
Prayers for Two Boys Who Are Sick
I've been thinking a lot lately about children who are sick. Their names rise up in my morning prayer; their images float before me during meditation. In my extended online community, there are two children who are struggling with cancer.
Finding Blessings, Even With a "New Normal"
My husband Michael and I were big fans of the television show The West Wing. One could say that we watched it religiously.
Weaving Strands of Challah History
Shabbat has always had a meaningful place in my memory. When I was five, my mother began her long association with our synagogue choir.
Moving Toward a Culture of Inclusion
How (and Why) I Let Go of Christmas
My husband, along with millions and billions of other people, doesn’t celebrate Christmas, but I never thought my children wouldn’t celebrate it.