How different am I this week than I was the week before? The chameleon has it relatively easy. Spending not too much energy, he gets a...

When we encounter another individual truly as a person, not as an object for use, we become fully human. Martin Buber The middle-aged...

The more distance there is between times of connection, the more distant you feel...

In the times of Noah, there was total lawlessness in the world. Just 10 generations (according to tradition) after Adam, the world is in...

(Posted originally on “Reclaiming Judaism”) This blog has become an intimate part of my life. I began writing it in 2011 as part of a...

If you would have asked me what words come to mind when I think about Yom Kippur, the word joy would never have made the top ten list....

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....

Inspired by Psalm 46 God is our refuge and strength, God will help us in our troubles, God is near—as near as the air we breathe. We can...

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

“It is because I believed in God that I was angry at God, and still am. But my faith is tested, wounded, but it’s here. So whatever I...

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?...

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

What would you do in an emergency? I heard something disturbing that I couldn’t shake off. This is not what I usually write about, but I...

We live in a visual world, right? So why not go with that? My morning commute is peppered with the various church signs I pass on my way...

Can you stay calm in an angry world? I almost can’t watch the news anymore. For me, no matter what channel I turn to what I hear are...

If your child is returning home from overnight camp, expect that your laundry room will be filled with the dirtiest, grimiest piles of...

Dorm stuff? Check. Water? Check. Values? For those teens who have hopefully garnered enough college acceptance letters to make some...

Summer: a time for choices Jewish summer camp.  Arts classes. Internships. Specialty Sports Camps. College Prep Programs. Travel...

How ethical are today’s teens? When given the chance to cheat, what would the teenagers you know do? A recent New York Times article on...

Ethical clarity? Clueless The year is newly born, yet through the lens of ethics things feel quite stale. The clarity that should come...