The Re-Orientation Process by Rabbi Deana Berezin The season of change is upon us once again. As we move from Elul into the High Holiday...

The Accidental Obituary by Rabbi Neal Katz The Swedish industrialist Alfred Nobel is the subject of a well-known (and maybe legendary)...

by Rabbi David N. Young My family and I moved across the country this summer. My wife Natalie and I have three children. Our oldest...

by Rabbi Ben Sharff 'The measure of intelligence is the ability to change' -Albert Einstein. According to modern psychology, real,...

Change Towards Gratitude by Rabbi Lawrence Malinger When we awaken in the morning, we should recite, Modah/modeh ani lifanecka—I am...

We Carry the Ghosts of Our Past by Cantor Joanna M. Alexander We carry the ghosts of our past. Whether trauma or love, our new beginnings...

by Cantor Laurie Weinstein Confucius taught, “To put the world in order, first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, put...

Why am I doing this? by Rabbi Alan Litwak On the bulletin board above my desk, I have a small handwritten card: Why am I doing this? Why...

by Cantor David Berger Rabbi Jacob Moelin (~1355-1427), known as the Maharil, was the leading expert on Jewish custom in 15th century...

by Rabbi Harry Rosenfeld Martin Buber, in his book Between Man and Man, tells a story of a student who came to him. Buber admits that...

by Rabbi Charlie Cytron-Walker As the Days of Awe approach, we ask, “Who am I?” Before we respond to this profound question, let’s...

Balancing Act by Rabbi Michael Weinstein When you talk about and reflect upon an evil deed you have done, you become the captive of your...

Changing our names by Rabbi Batsheva Appel The challenging work of Elul is to review the past year, to see what changes we want to make,...

by Rabbi Matt Cohen It is all too common to focus on our shortcomings and faults as we navigate our way through the contemplative journey...

Changing Our Ways by Changing Our Direction by Rabbi Glenn Ettman I was walking in my neighborhood in Los Angeles when my attention was...

by Rabbi Stephen Wise I officiate around a dozen weddings each year, mostly in the warm months here in Ontario between May and September....

by Cantor Joanna Alexander A cleansing Breath This summer I could taste the air. It flowed down from the Canadian Wildfires interrupting...

by Rabbi Andrew Rosenkranz Ahad Ha’am, one of modern Zionism’s earliest philosophers, once wrote, “More than the Jews have kept Shabbat,...

8 Elul 5783/August 25, 2023 by Rabbi Michael Birnholz At a recent community meeting to respond to a local act of anti-Semitism, one of...

7 Elul 5783/August 24, 2023 Rabbi Eric Linder Let’s face it, change is hard. This is true even when the change is clearly for the better!...