Sukkot: Festival of Voting Booths
Sukkot, Diversity, and Unity: How Each of Us is Like the Four Species
Stop Cuts to Family Planning
Putting Down Roots: Why Our Jewish Family Needs a Yard Full of Trees
We celebrated the holiday of Tu BiShvat – the “Jewish Arbor Day” – way back in February, and we won’t celebrate it again until January. But no matter: I need to talk about the trees now.
Coming Full Circle: The NFTY in Israel Tikkun Olam Experience
Taking a Mitzvah and Making It Beautiful
During the week of Sukkot, we are instructed to read various Torah passages that reference the festival.
Eat, Drink, and Be Merry – Even in a Pandemic
Aligned with the rhythm of our earth turning on its axis, our season of returning (
Fostering Interfaith Understanding in the Western Galilee
A couple of years ago, my congregation Emet VeShalom’s musical ensemble, joined with volunteers from nearby Nes Ammim, a lovely Christian, European Zionist village, to hold a joint concert called “Li
The Makeshift Sukkah: An Enduring Institution Framing an Eternal Covenant
The relatively brief Torah reading for the first day of Sukkot offers a quick summary of the who, what, when, where, and why of this sacred celebration-the third and final observance in the cycle of three pilgrimage festivals.