Tranquility Broken
It is unfathomable that one gunman, whether mentally ill or just evil, could destroy this tranquility, and quite literally shoot it up.
LEARNING ABOUT ABORTION IN SYNAGOGUE
I remember when I was a young girl when the rabbi gave a Yom Kippur sermon that I didn’t completely understand. I was probably 7 or 8 at the time. This was not the first time that I didn’t understand his sermons.
AFTER PASSOVER, MOVING ON
I find the last day of Passover bittersweet. Passover, undeniably, is my favorite holiday.
Appoint for Yourselves Judges
For me, Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Confirmation to the Supreme Court was an occasion for celebration.
Special Purims - Continual Survival
Special Purim commemorations give us a unique look into the history of Jewish communities worldwide. They remind us how Purim is not only about one event, but about continued survival of our people. They make us remember and connect our history together.
The Absence in Babi Yar
Over the years, I have visited three Holocaust concentration camps: Bergen-Belsen in Germany and Auschwitz and its partner death camp Birkenau in Poland.
UKRAINE - REKINDLING A CONNECTION
For me, Judaism means standing up for the underdog, it means fighting oppression, it means appreciating freedom and means seeking peace.