WORDS THAT BREATHE

In a fearful world, Judaism still calls us to bring blessing into brokenness. Rabbi Paul Kipnes asks: What does it mean to be a Jew today?

We sat around tables— round like the world we wished for, flat like the matzah we broke, layered like the stories we shared. Two seders....

In the beginning— before beginnings had breath— there was tohu vavohu, not just chaos, but collapse. Not just void, but the violence of...

What does it take for a teenager to stand in a senator’s office, look a legislative aide in the eye, and say, “This is personal.” For the...

Recently I witnessed one of the most heinous acts a Jew could imagine. With hatred and disgust in her eyes, a young Jewish woman looked...

Also known as:Rejecting Tribalism, Embracing Discomfort

Kanye West, who prefers to be called Ye, released a series of antisemitic tirades  over the past weeks. Styling himself as speaking the...

Part 1: BACKGROUND [After 11 deaths in 11 days, I had it out with God. I realized it was time for that conversation with the Creator, the...

This summer, amid the turmoil, I realized it was time to finally have that conversation I had been putting off. With all that has...

A Psalm for our cities on fire A flame with the fires of fear With anger burning ‘bout brazen brutality: From a kneed neck Floyd’s breath...

By Rabbi Paul Kipnes, Rabbi Julia Weisz , and Rabbinic Intern Adrianne Pasternak Craving personal connection to actual people? Missing...

During this economic meltdown, will you join us as we  Pay it Forward ? We have been blessed with a whole web of workers, businesses, and...

When I was in college, during the study week before finals, you would find me either in the computer room writing papers, or in the game...