Masters of the House
cross posted to Beacon Hebrew Alliance My wife should have been born on a small street in Rexingen, a small town in Germany’s Black...
Writings and Recordings
- Sep 29
Exiled from our Souls
cross posted from the Times of Israel When the Spanish fleet conquered Mexico in the 16th century, Luis de Carvajal y de la Cueva was...
- Jun 22
Mapping Our Love
crossposted with JTS Torah Online; podcast audio here Moses had no idea what he was getting into. It wasn’t just when he was talking to...
- Apr 27
How to Be a Good Jewish Lover
My grandma used to tell me that it didn't matter what you knew as much as it mattered who you knew. Oh, but grandma, there are a lot of...
- Mar 3
Carry that Weight
cross posted from the Times of Israel The first and only time I tried to impress a girl by singing was when I was 15 years old. I had...
- Nov 8, 2021
This Thing Called Prayer
It's tempting to think of prayer as an eloquent form of begging. Please let me live. Please let me get this job. Please let my team win...
- Nov 3, 2021
This is the day
Oy vey, what pain I caused myself today! Last night, I got some stressful news, so I stayed up late trying to rectify it. Of course, I...
- Nov 1, 2021
The Face Has Already Been Revealed
Many people who live a religious life, or aspire to one, pray that God will appear to them in a cacophonous moment of revelation. We...
- Sep 30, 2021
I (don't) believe in God
I’m a rabbi, but I tend to get a little itchy when the question of belief comes up. Believers and skeptics alike are generally talking...