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A Blessing for Those Who Keep Showing Up

The moments that test our humanity have a way of returning. In the spring of 2020, as images of separated families and children in cages pierced our collective consciousness, something beautiful emerged alongside the heartbreak. Voices rose from every corner of our communities—neighbors, friends, strangers —all refusing to let cruelty masquerade as policy. In that …

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What to Do When Life Is Not Fair

You come to a point in life when you realize that life is not always fair. Bad things happen to good people, and unfortunately, bad people can get away with awful behavior. You hope that there will be accountability and justice, and sometimes there is, and other times, not. (Or maybe, not yet…) Upon realizing …

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who what where why god?

what is god? Where is God? who is god? is God looking for me? God is too big and too small to name – words can only attempt, approximate, give a feel for, the experience. One reason poetry and music are wonderful in god-discussions is because they speak the language of metaphor. Metaphor frees us …

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what’s born from the rubble

Today is Tisha B’Av (the 9th day of the month of Av.)  It’s the day the ancient temples in Jerusalem were destroyed. Our sages met challenge of the “center not holding” with creativity and resilience. If it weren’t for those rabbis, who created new ways of praying, connecting with the Divine, and gathering together, we …

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Three Mindfulness Lessons From The Wilderness

It’s usually high summer when we enter the wilderness in the Jewish calendar – by that I mean the book of B’midbar (also known as the Book of Numbers) in the Torah.

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