Here are some predictions for 5778. I’m pretty confident they’ll come to pass. 5778 will be a year of… radical love and radical hatred profound peace and profound violence deep connection and deep alienation wisdom and folly clarity and ambiguity health and sickness laughter and tears life and death progress and decline momentum and […]
Archives for September 2017
Rise Up Baltimore!
When my colleague, Rabbi Sarah Marion, from Oheb Shalom in Baltimore reached out and asked for the music to Rise Up I was delighted. At the same time, I wondered if there’d truly be enough time before Rosh Hashanah to rehearse the song with their local church partner and pull it off. Lo and behold, […]
Overcoming Boredom: Rabbinic Advice for High Holy Day Services
In spite of our collective best efforts, I still hear people reporting anticipatory boredom when discussing their upcoming attendance at High Holy Day services. It’s a shame for a couple of reasons. First, High Holy Day services actually aren’t boring at all. Second, with all that life has to offer, there’s no reason to […]
Bless
between experience and meaning between thought and expression between intention and action between seeking and finding between wanting and receiving in that space between bless
Come, Come Whoever You Are by Noah Aronson
Last year, The Davis Academy hosted Noah Aronson. It was my first time meeting him and it was immediately apparent why he’s such a sought after artist in residence. Fast forward to last week, when someone posted this music video in a way that caught my attention. I don’t have much to say on the […]
Celebrating our Human Voice: S’lichot at The Temple
Last night, I had the honor of leading a S’lichot program at my home congregation, The Temple. Over the course of two hours our congregation gathered in a generous and engaged spirit for study, spiritual writing, and worship. It was a special evening for me personally because I was able to integrate three passions of […]