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A Psalm for Cities on Fire
May 31, 2020A Psalm for our cities on fire, after the killing of George Floyd Read more
Testing Our Synagogue’s Vision During Quarantine: Disruptive Judaism 2
May 7, 2020When confronted with the first of many “shelter at home” quarantine orders, many houses of worship struggled with a perplexing dilemma: Who are we if we couldn’t be together? The story of one synagogue’s journey to answer that question illustrates the power of perspective and the potential of pushing through… Read more
Letter to Your Future Self: Hold onto those Silver Linings
April 19, 2020Write a letter or a make a video to your future self who will exist five or six months from now. Remind yourself about the silver linings you want to continue to embrace. Maybe, just maybe, you will listen to yourself. Read more
Make It Count, COVID-19 Style (it’s the Omer after all)
April 12, 2020It’s time Jews begin counting. Start to count to correct your life. By counting, we just might convince ourselves that once we are able to leave our homes, we might want to hold onto some of these wholesome new behaviors to enhance our lives and deepen our love of living. Read more
COVID-Kavod CONNECTION: Healing the Social Isolation of a Viral Death
April 10, 2020COVID-19 could kill us, but it shouldn’t also bring shame upon us or our infected loved ones. And it won’t. Unless we play into the growing stigma that is at once immoral and dangerous to our mental health. If we play into that stigma, then COVID-19 will do both: shame… Read more
Pay It Forward, Covid-19-style
March 23, 2020During this pandemic, we can Pay It Forward, taking care of a whole web of workers, businesses, and organizations that have long cared for, served, or sustained us. Read more
Dear Jewish Leader, Are You Up to the Task?
March 20, 2020An open letter to Jewish leaders about how to lead through Covid-19 present and future. Read more
Prayer for Rising Waters: Getting Through Covid-19
March 15, 2020A Jewish prayer finding strength in the responses of our ancestors to the trials in their lives. Specially written for during the Covid-19 outbreak Read more