What’s in a name? And what does it mean to change our names, or to acquire an additional name? As a rabbi, one of the really delightful conversations (or actually, genre of conversation) that I get to have on a regular basis is about names. I talk with parents who are welcoming new children about Continue Reading »
It’s official! With the celebration last week of Simchat Torah, we ended the period of the High Holy Days: we examined our deeds, made an effort to repent, and the gates of forgiveness closed behind us. Then we took a breath and spent Monday evening rejoicing in Torah, the record of the Jewish story which Continue Reading »
This past week, all of us were shocked by yet another assassination of a political leader: Charlie Kirk, a 31-year-old conservative activist who galvanized millions of people and had a lasting effect on American politics. The loss of his life is tragic. In Parshat N’tzavim, which we read this Shabbat and also on Yom Kippur Continue Reading »
