There was something different about us, those whose parents came to halachic Judaism later in life -- and I wondered if it was just me who noticed it.
Apparently humans are the only animals that plan ahead for the future. At least that’s been the conventional belief. Recent...
Between paternalism and passivity, solidarity and self-righteousness, the ever-process of understanding begins with an admission of irreparable ignorance.
Who's got time to worry about destiny? I mean, how am I going to end homelessness if I can't even deal with the laundry?
I lowered the criteria for success. A lot. Try it!
I was born to Jewish parents, and that makes me a Jew by anyone's standards, Reform or Orthodox. That means I will always be a minority, an outsider, and anxious about G0d.
Loving with reckless abandon is the best act of revolution.
Elizabeth has a lot of things on her mind. Lots of little, tiny, lovely things.
My youngest brother always had a spacial place in my heart. I watched him grow through years of yeshiva and then, little by little, as his relationship with Orthodox Judaism shifted and morphed into something that belongs to only him and G-d.