This is a new experience for me, responding to a reader request! After reading a post on Gratitude, I was asked to write about Love....

“..the more enamored we are of our selves, the more fixed we are in our own ‘realities’, limiting the possibilities of our awareness.”...

The Joy of Gratitude Hebrew is a language with deep meanings that go way beyond an outer definition, and to understand foundational...

Will our connections with each other slowly melt away? Clearly, we are not paying attention Or taking advantage of obvious opportunities....

In my memory, there has never been so much Jewish content available online, for free. Podcasts, interviews, seminars, webinars, zoom...

Remaining in Focus What many of us strive for in life is achieving personal integrity, a state of being when our ‘inside’ motivation...

What if God is waiting for us to cry out? What if all we need to do is to cry out in despair, as Abraham did thousands of years ago?...

Torah is a living entity in my life and is an endless and forever Giving-Tree. It is this imagery that captures me when we lift the Torah...

Podcasts. Virtual tours. Songs. Make-Your-Own-Haggadah. There is an endless array of information and resources about how to celebrate...

How can I reach the heavens when all I can think of is that I need some caffeine? Yom Kippur heightens the juxtaposition between the holy...

Are you only seeing yourself? I am amazed at the ingenuity of companies borne from the vision of a shared economy. Homes, cars, clothes,...

It is hard for me to personalize Shavuot, though I know there is great spiritual meaning to be found within it. Shavuot is one of the...

Yet Again? This piece in The Hill, written by Rabbi Steinmetz, senior rabbi at Congregation Kehillath Jeshurun and editor-at-large at...

This Purim, start a chain reaction against Hatred and Antisemitism When did you need to step up or speak up in your life? Were there...

This new non-profit organization hopes to bring these issues to the forefront. Please read an excerpt from its website below:...

Take a moment to truly see Jewish summer camp was an incredible oasis where I received daily doses of spiritual inspiration. At 10 years...

How many ants does it take to move an elephant? That’s what the traditionally bureaucratic Jewish community feels like to me sometimes,...

Nice Seder, but not intensified Same Seder, intensified! What will you do to construct meaningful memories at Passover this year? The...

“…and after the earthquake a fire; but The One was not in the fire; and after the fire a still small voice….” Kings I 19:12 Am I coming...

The incredible beauty of the Venice Synagogue. The intricately carved mehitzah (separation) is on the far left. The rabbi’s D’var Torah...