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Menachem Elyah Paull

Sep 21, 2026, 8:01 PM

My Baby Girl and Her Baby Girl

Rosh Hashanah is here, my granddaughter turns three this week, and I am sitting here crying as I write this. B’ezrat Hashem, next year I may be spending the High Holidays in Israel. I should be thinking about that...

Andy Blumenthal

Sep 20, 2026, 4:48 AM

He Prayed Perfectly—And Missed Everything

This morning, on Shabbat Shuvah—the Shabbat of Return—our rabbi gave a beautiful sermon about teshuvah. He spoke about repentance not as punishment, but as coming home: the open door that stands before each of us in the days between...

Sep 18, 2026, 12:14 AM

She stared at the poster pinned to her bedroom wall—the powder-blue wall directly across from her bed. The poster had hung there for years. Its colors had faded, as had her love of rap and hip-hop. But she was still...

Robert Lichtman

Sep 17, 2026, 4:40 AM

I Can Be Swayed

These are the Days of Awe, yes. But deep within our Machzor are moments when joy and optimism break through our anxieties. I feel fortunate to be in a minyan that recognizes those moments and celebrates them as each...

Sep 16, 2026, 3:19 PM

Young Faces. Infinite Ripples.

* The original photograph of one of the venues was converted into a pencil drawing, with facial features intentionally softened to preserve the anonymity of the individuals pictured.

Over the past week, I have had the privilege of speaking with more than 2400 students about September 11. I entered each room believing I was there to share something with them. I left each one realizing that, in...

Allen S. Maller

Sep 15, 2026, 8:35 PM

Was Song Of Songs A Manual Of Jewish Sacred Sexuality: But Not On Yom Kippur

Sexual relations are prohibited on Yom Kippur, the day of At-one-ment. While Judaism encourages sex between married couples for both pleasure and procreation, experiencing sexual pleasure on a day intended to focus on repentance, and other spiritual matters is...

G. Orah Adarah Paris

Sep 15, 2026, 7:54 PM

Little-known Jewish folkloric creatures embody kabbalah in a new book.

I am excited to announce the release of my new book All Ineffably Divine, now available to order (in English) from Amazon. The book expands greatly (545 pages!) upon ideas that I first posted here in this blog, teaching about...

Andy Blumenthal

Sep 14, 2026, 6:45 AM

The Laps We Keep Walking

On Rosh Hashanah, we come to synagogue carrying more than a prayer book. We carry the year that was: the disappointments we did not expect, the fears we did not voice, the losses we still cannot quite name, and the...

Sep 4, 2026, 3:48 PM

Jerusalem Is Not Just a City — It Is Something I Feel

Photo Credits: Sabine Sterk ( AI)

There are cities I have seen, cities I have admired, and cities whose beauty I can appreciate from a distance. Jerusalem is different. For me, Jerusalem is not simply a destination on a map. It is not just ancient walls, holy...

Aug 30, 2026, 6:31 AM

The People We Love Keep Becoming

Ki Tavo and the courage to love someone you haven’t fully met yet I think we set the bar for love far too low. We talk about finding someone who will love us “just the way we are.” But if you are...

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