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November 2020

November 29, 2020

The Gift of Light in the Year of COVID

2020 has been a challenging year for all of us and a rough year for...

April 2020

April 11, 2020

The Sanctuary of Home

The home should be perceived as a microcosm of the universe. – Rebbe Menachem...

February 2020

February 27, 2020

The Integrative Work of Spiritual Ecology

My last post introduced my readers to the concept of spiritual ecology and I...

February 19, 2020

Judaism as Spiritual Ecology

The natural world is the larger sacred community to which we belong. To be alienated...

February 11, 2020

Diving Deeper into the Mitzvot

My last two posts have talked about tradition and mitzvot, core aspects of Jewish...

February 07, 2020

Jewish Naturalism and Mitzvot

In a Naturalist Judaism, Who Commands? A quick glance at recent Pew Foundation surveys on...

January 2020

January 31, 2020

Swimming in the Sea of Jewish Tradition

I named this post as a play on the title of the excellent book, Swimming...

March 2017

March 10, 2017

The Jewish Wheel of the Year: Calling Forth the Sacred From the Mundane

The Jewish High Holy Days are upon us. Learn about Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and...

February 2017

February 28, 2017

Spirituality & Practice – Jewish Theology, Pt. V

Many Christians' first (and sometimes only) encounter with Judaism is through the Gospels and...