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September 2026

September 18, 2026

Yom Kippur : Is There Always Room for Forgiveness?

Making Room for Forgiveness Every year as Yom Kippur approaches, I find myself meeting forgiveness...

September 10, 2026

This Rosh Hashanah: Can I Find New Meaning?

A Sunrise, a New Year, and a Question On our way to give a Rosh...

August 2026

August 07, 2026

Why I Continue Sharing My Jewish Voice At Patheos

Why I Continue Sharing My Jewish Voice at Patheos The Question People Continue to Ask...

February 2026

February 09, 2026

Why Has Hatred Become So Loved In America?

Hatred No Longer Hides Hatred no longer fears to show his face. Here in America,...

December 2025

December 10, 2025

Giving and Receiving: Lessons for the Holidays and Beyond

The Emotional Complexity of Giving and Receiving Every holiday season, we hear words like joy,...

October 2025

October 06, 2025

Fear and Hope: Reflections Two Years Post Oct 7th

October 7th: The Day My Everything Changed Two years ago, on October 7th, my world...

May 2025

May 30, 2025

Faith in Humanity Is Hard Right Now—But I Choose It

My Faith in Humanity Has Begun to Feel Frail I have struggled more than once...

March 2025

March 21, 2025

Choosing Joy Is a Holy Act of Defiance

Choosing Joy Takes Courage Can one choose joy in a world that is filled with...

January 2025

January 31, 2025

Havdalah in Hostage Square: Faith Overcomes Despair

Hostage Square: A Gathering Place of Solidarity In front of the Tel-Aviv Museum of Art,...

December 2024

December 19, 2024

Accepting and Letting Go:Heartfelt Lessons From 2024

My practice of acceptance and letting go became fragile. As 2024 comes to an end,...

December 06, 2024

Faith Lessons from Rachel Goldberg-Polin’s Unthinkable Loss

Yet without her knowledge, Rachel Goldberg-Polin became my teacher of unexpected soul lessons. I have...

November 2024

November 14, 2024

Tikkun Olam-Fixing the World: Is it Possible?

Growing up with the Notion of Tikkun Olam-Repairing the World The world seems broken into...

October 2024

October 09, 2024

Yom Kippur: No Forgivness for Bibi Netanyahu’s Inaction

On this Yom Kippur, there will be no forgiveness for Bibi Netanyahu. Yom Kippur, is...

July 2024

July 07, 2024

Is There A Way To Peace: Peace Is The Way

Peace is the Way Peace is a continuous wish. We wish for it between countries,...

May 2024

May 30, 2024

Joy, Gratitude and Grief:Israel,War and Gaza

Triad of Human Experience, and A Complex World Life's journey is made up of a...

February 2024

February 13, 2024

Hope Amidst War: How I Hold Hope Since Oct 7th

I didn’t know, how I would hold hope amidst the sounds of war? Hope used...

January 2024

January 05, 2024

Between Courage and Hope: 91 days Hostages held by Hamas.

It is almost 100 days since Hamas massacred and took hostages from the villages of...

November 2023

November 08, 2023

The Hostages Held By Hamas Must Come Home

A month has passed since the horrific massacre of Oct 7th, 2023, in Israel....

October 2023

October 13, 2023

The atrocities the Hamas terrorists did in Israel echoes the barbarisms of the Nazis.

The similarities of films of the Holocaust and the evil brutality of Nazis I...

October 05, 2023

Nurturing the Soul: How does Spiritual Practice Promote Good Mental Health

Spiritual practice, regardless of one's religious or philosophical beliefs, plays a pivotal role in promoting...

September 2023

September 21, 2023

50 Years After the Yom Kippur War:For Me It’s Not Just About Forgiveness

50 years after the Yom Kippur war, my soul remembers. Yom Kippur is known as...

September 13, 2023

What Feels Different About Rosh Hashana This Year

What feels different about Rosh Hashana this year? Rosh Hashanah has always been a very...

September 06, 2023

Autumn Offers Many Spiritual Reflections

Autumn offers many spiritual reflections. As each new season approaches, nature shares her wisdom on...

August 2023

August 23, 2023

Cardinal Cupich and American Jewish Committee Come Together to Battle Anti-Semitism

A Catholic Cardinal’s meeting with AJC (American Jewish Committee) stood as a beacon of hope...

August 16, 2023

Humanitarian Organizations Are a Part of Israeli and Jewish Culture.

A Core teaching in Judaism, the commandment to love and help the stranger. Jews have...

August 09, 2023

Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has Succeeded in Disrupting the Flow of Unity

Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu has succeeded in disrupting the flow of unity even within myself....

July 2023

July 25, 2023

Israel’s Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu Just Initiated The Biggest War on Israel Since 1948

Israel’s Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu petrified of going to jail for crimes he committed, initiated...

July 13, 2023

Israelis in the Thousands Took to the Streets

The pictures I was witnessing was not my Israel, it was not the country so...

July 05, 2023

As the Winds of War and Terror Fill the Streets of Israel and the West Bank

How could I write about peace and love, as the winds of war and terror...

June 2023

June 17, 2023

Why Do I Light Shabbat Candles

Why do I light Shabbat candles every Friday night? I have always found a candle...