As we continue to enjoy more normalcy after a challenging and unconventional year, the blessings of our life unfold renewed before us. This [...]

וְשָׁמְר֥וּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּ֑ת לַעֲשׂ֧וֹת אֶת־הַשַּׁבָּ֛ת לְדֹרֹתָ֖ם בְּרִ֥ית עוֹלָֽם׃ בֵּינִ֗י וּבֵין֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל א֥וֹת הִ֖וא לְעֹלָ֑ם כִּי־שֵׁ֣שֶׁת יָמִ֗ים עָשָׂ֤ה יְהֹוָה֙ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם וְאֶת־הָאָ֔רֶץ וּבַיּוֹם֙ [...]

In 2011-2012, I spent my first year of cantorial school living in Jerusalem, which was undoubtedly the most magical and memorable year of [...]

When I was eleven months old, my parents heard me singing along in the backseat of the car to Bobby McFerrin’s “Don’t [...]

Rabbi Sari and I both recently attended a virtual course through the Hadar Institute (a wonderful egalitarian Jewish education organization) around themes of [...]

Throughout our country today we commemorate Memorial Day, a day reserved to honor and grieve those who died while serving in the United [...]

Holy Nourishment  by Cantor Emma Lutz It’s hard to imagine what it was like for our ancestors to leave Egypt in such a [...]

לַיְּהוּדִים הָיְתָה אוֹרָה וְשִׂמְחָה, וְשָׂשֹׂן וִיקָר The Jews had light and gladness, joy and honor. (Esther 8:16) Last night, many of us gathered together [...]

One day, the villagers noticed that their teacher, Rabbi Natan Tzvi Finkel (b. 1849), also known as the Alter of Slabodka (say that [...]

The Divine Presence only dwells in a space where there is joy; the prophets did not experience prophecy whenever they desired. Instead, they [...]