My Sister, Independence, & The IDF
Throughout my life, I felt a profound connection to my Jewish identity. Whether it was Jewish youth groups or summer camp, Shabbat dinners or holidays, my identity and connection with […]
March 14, 2019
March 12, 2019
Looking For Love In Jerusalem
Jerusalem is to some American Jews what New York is to some aspiring actors: a good place to wash up for a while and dream of better things. And when […]
March 6, 2019
Herding Goats
With goats, you’re supposed to lead from the back. They don’t like to follow people, and in their own herds, the strongest ones stay near the back to make sure […]
February 21, 2019
U of M Task Force Recommends Renaming Buildings
A new, 125-page report from a University of Minnesota Task Force on Building Names and Institutional History is recommending the renaming of four campus buildings because they were named for […]
February 12, 2019
A Path Forward For Public Judaism In The Twin Cities
This idea I want to share is hard to describe, and I didn’t understand it until I was already in it. I had never been part of what might be […]
February 5, 2019
Seeking Volunteer Energy and Compassion
You can make a BIG impact by contributing a small amount of time through these new volunteer opportunities.
February 1, 2019
February 2019 Get the Folk Out
They say nothing brings people together like the cold, right? Well, “they” clearly never dealt with a polar vortex. Fortunately, February looks to be… um… seriously!? This can’t be right. […]
January 31, 2019
An Invitation Home
My first Shabbat service in more than 20 years was in Jerusalem. An atheist Jew, sitting on a hard, limestone terrace with my wife, a secular agnostic, under a hazy, […]
January 30, 2019
January 24, 2019
A Farewell to Snow…
About three and half years ago, Shaked and I packed my car up with all of my stuff in Miami, and started a long road trip back to where I […]