Are there limits to the impossible?
I have a thousand questions for God this New Jewish Year 5785. But the only question that matters is what comes next? Are there limits to...
Of Mice and Men
An early evening mouse jumped on top of my stove and then disappeared under the refrigerator. My scream was polite while my heart rate...
Recently Featured in Washington Jewish Week
A few months ago, I was featured in Washington Jewish Week.The article is accessible through the Washington Jewish Week website. They...
When in Darkness, the Rabbi Dances
On the night of October 7, I was praying with the Chabad rabbi. After the jumbled, mumbled, tear-drenched prayers, he invited us to...
God will wipe away the tears from all faces/ Isaiah 25/verse 8
Imagine, if our compassionate God created a colossal handkerchief to pat each and every tear-laden cheek with a love so capacious that...
Does God Long For Us?
At a recent retreat at Wildacres I had the privilege of learning Zohar with scholar, Rabbi Ebn Leader. The question the texts pondered:...
Love Revealed Herself
Thirty-six year old Gabriela walked into my office and darted toward the rust colored client’s couch. She sobbed uninterrupted for five...
My Ethiopian Roommate
Bizu Rikki Mullu is part of a group known as Beta Israel, a community of Jews who developed 500 small villages in Northern Ethiopia....
I Kept Her Alive
Several weeks ago, I officiated at Jacqueline’s funeral. She was 83 and in hospice at the time of her passing. Her son, Daniel, is the...
The Return of a Lost Object: 60 years later
The Torah commands us to return lost objects. Returning a lost object is one of the 613 commandments. When I was sixteen, my parents gave...
