January 7, 2020
So today is Jewish and Proud Day…
When I learned that today was Jewish and proud day, it struck me as odd. When I stopped to think about it, for me every day is Jewish and proud…
December 29, 2019
Never and Again – This time an attack on a home Chanukah Party
We pray “never again” in response to the violent escalation of antisemitism or any hate and yet it is happening again and again. In the summer of 2018, I began…
November 8, 2019
Evolving and Devolving
Written for Kristallnacht (November 9-10, 2019) and Veteran’s Day (November 11, 2019) Language evolves. Research evolves. Learning evolves. We have been told to expand our language. November 9-10, 1938, was…
October 20, 2019
Yom Kippur 2019 – awe, fear, and sanctity shattered
Yom Kippur is the most solemn day of the Jewish year. Even I, as a rabbi, addicted to her cell phone, set it aside to immerse myself in fasting and…
October 11, 2019
On this holy day, a confessional for all
[Published as an Op-Ed in the Charlotte Observer on Yom Kippur, October 9, 2019] Tonight starts Yom Kippur – a time that Jews across the globe spend in fasting, prayer,…