First, sorry for the deliberately provocative title…but I thought I’d shake people up a bit and perhaps...
Jews & Judaism
In this season when everyone and their brother is buying Christmas presents, I thought it’d be counterintuitive...
I wish all my readers a wonderful Festival of Lights. Hanukah, like Christmas is a holiday sunk...
Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman have authored Yiddish With Dick and Jane, a sly and clever sendup...
My wife and I celebrated the bris and baby-naming of our twins last Sunday. Our boy, Adin...
Avrum Burg and Yasser Abed Rabbo, the architects of the Geneva Accords, spoke to Seattle audiences yesterday...
I’m always tickled when I read stories like In Israel, Madonna Finds Little Solitude. This type of...
A personal and theological meditation on child abuse As spiritual communities, it is enormously important that we...
Today is Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. Tomorrow as well. The liturgy for the second day...
On Yom Kippur 5728, I donned Dark holiday clothing and walked to Jerusalem’s Old City. I stood...













