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At our Sukkot Lunch-and-Learn today, we looked at a fantastic text from Kedushat Levi . He quotes Lev 23:40 which, when talking about the mi...

I've been incredibly gratified by the reaction to my Yom Kippur sermon, " For The Sin of Homophobia ." But, it turns out that ...

A few days before Rosh Hashanah, Hillary pointed out an article she had read about yoga and sadness . Essentially, it was pointing out the m...

On Yom Kippur, food is not allowed to go in your mouth. But cotton swabs are, and that’s important, because that (along with a bit of paper...

[For those who don't know, #BlogElul is an invention of the brilliant Rabbi Phyllis Sommer. Elul is the month leading up to the High Hol...

Immigration Reform has been a hot issue, these past few months. A Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill has recently passed through the Sen...

Does our knowledge about the world diminish or enhance our sense of awe? Our ancient ancestors looked at the sky, and they wondered. They ...