Reflections

I am writing tonight on election night, November 3, 2020. The results are slowly coming in, yet I instead want to write to you. I was recently invited to share my opinion as a Jewish rabbinical student about the 2020 presidential election. At first, I wanted to decline this request, yet I now elect to … Continue reading “Neither Blue nor Red: Can You Hear It?”

In this week’s parashah, God tells us that life and death, blessing and cursing, are placed before us, and that we should choose life so that we and all of our children and our children’s children shall truly live (Deuteronomy 30:19). Living and Dying God places blessing and cursing right in our face and the … Continue reading “Betzelem Ish v’Isha: Are We Created in God’s Image? Or Is God Created in Ours?”

When I was a student in the Institute for Jewish Spirituality’s Jewish Mindfulness Meditation Teacher Training (JMMTT) program, one of my colleague students would write a weekly reflection on that week’s parashah – or weekly lectionary portion from the Hebrew Bible. Each week, one of the other students would masterfully integrate the themes, symbols, and … Continue reading “Brit Shalom: A Covenant of Peace You Can Count On”