While Halloween is certainly NOT a Jewish holiday, our tradition is not lacking in stories and lessons from ghosts, demons, and other spooky [...]

I have long loved the Catholic method of dividing time; there are seasons: the Lenten season, the Advent season, and there is ordinary [...]

Of Sukkot, the Torah teaches: “I made the Israelite people live in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt.” [...]

Sukkot is, more than any other holiday, a holiday of vulnerability. We are required to be open—open to the elements of wind and [...]

Tradition teaches that the very first thing we are supposed to do after breaking our Yom Kippur fast is to begin to erect [...]

As we move through these Days of Awe, we hope that these readings and excerpts from Sha’ar HaShamayim, our Stephen Wise Temple machzor, will deepen [...]

Our Elul challenge theme this week is teshuvah/repent, the act and idea that is at the heart of the High Holy Day season.  On [...]

Our Elul challenge theme this week is teshuvah/repent, the act and idea that is at the heart of the High Holy Days season.  For [...]

Our Elul challenge theme this week is teshuvah/repent, the act and idea that is at the heart of the High Holy Days season.  Robin [...]

Our Elul challenge theme this week is teshuvah/repent, the act and idea that is at the heart of the High Holy Days season.  The [...]