Our godlike power to destroy—and Moses’ vision of a different kind of power On Sunday morning, I delivered a sermon…
When the Wolf Visits the Lamb
Isaiah’s animals, a phone call during COVID, and the work of hope Words offered on the topic of “hope,” the…
The Note I Couldn't Read
My father’s letters, Abraham’s troubled family, and the long way home to love My father of blessed memory did love…
Noah in the Great Bear Rainforest
The ark, the raven, and a place that knows how to find balance Photograph by Laura Duhan-Kaplan The Great Bear…
Where Is Wisdom in the Genesis Creation Story?
A hornet, a Hebrew verb, and the creatures who helped make the world One morning, I am at the Grind…
How to Actually Change This Year
The Piaseczna Rebbe on turning intention into daily practice A teaching from the Piaseczna Rebbe, Rabbi Kalonymus Shapira—filtered through my…
The Thirteen Attributes of Compassion
Reciting the divine attributes until they shape who we are The thirteen attributes of compassion. Divine compassion, that is. A…
Can We Really Change?
The Ba’al Shem Tov on Creating Space for Something New Can a person really change? Think, feel, act differently? Yes, says the…
The Story We Live
Two Distinct Stories about What it Means to Be Jewish Hidden Inside Five Verses of Torah To be Jewish is…