I’ve known a fair share of rabbis in my day, from all stripes and denominations. It’s definitely a mixed bag.
We know that our stories will have happy endings, partly because we are so determined to make the endings happy, and partly because it’s gotta be better than what we have now.
You went off to some island. You spent all day speaking in tongues to a king. There was plenty of food and too many people. Now what?
Chai Elul Sameach! A message for you from the angels on this auspicious day.
There is a little whisper within you. It speaks discreetly, yet yearns to be heard.
Tell me it's possible for us, here and now, in this narrow-minded world to keep this mentality. I'm tired of going back and forth between realities.
The High Holidays can sometimes feel like being a kid lost in a department store, amiright?
Am I an artist trying to work in religious themes, or am I a religious person trying to make art? Thoughts on a decade of Matisyahu and knowing oneself.
While in the desert, Moses' periods of seclusion on the mountain were key to his progress as a leader and the transmission of The Torah. Like any introvert, only by entering into a safe, individual space could this have happened.
