Finding the good and the sweet as we turn the page on a new year

Throughout the High Holiday season, it is customary for Jews to wish one another a “Shanah Tovah U’Metukah,” a good, sweet, year. The expression is...

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks on morality, politics, and more

Jonathan Sacks, the former chief rabbi of Great Britain, has written dozens of books about religion and politics—but he also believes that mixing the two...

New peace agreement with UAE inspires cautious hope for the future

This month, an historic agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) marked a dramatic shift in the Middle East landscape. Simultaneously, Israel’s talks...

I quit my job as a rabbi due to pandemic parenting

I recently left my job as a congregational rabbi. I loved the community—a dynamic, 50-year-old congregation with some 135 families, affiliated with the Humanistic Judaism...