Teshuvah and The Environment
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As we engage during the High Holidays in the process of teshuvah/repentance or change, we mostly focus on how we have hurt other people and how we want to be […]
Continue readingSeptember 19, 2023
September 15, 2023
Trying to Attain Perfection In An Imperfect World
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“The place that those who do teshuvah can attain; — those who are completely righteous can never attain. Be-makom she-ba’alei teshuvah omdin ein tzadikkim gemurim ye-kholin l’amode.“ (Tractate Berakhot 34b) […]
Continue readingSeptember 15, 2023
Who By Water and Who By Fire
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Look around you on Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur as the powerful, frightening piyyut (liturgical poem) of UnetaneTokef is sung during the Musaf prayer. This awe-inspiring section depicts how we […]
Continue readingSeptember 14, 2023
What Happens When My Guests Don’t Eat Rosh Hashanah Staples?
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Got a question? Fill out this form to submit your anonymous question to be answered in a future column. Dear Miriam, I am having a number of people over for […]
Continue readingSeptember 8, 2023
Quiet Your Soul
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Part One of a Three-Part Series on Shabbat The celebrated author, Aldous Huxley, published The Perennial Philosophy in 1945. He called his era, “the age of noise,” and railed against […]
Continue readingSeptember 5, 2023
Like a Jew Among Jews: A Jewish Media Fellowship Reflection
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This piece originally ran on New Voices. TC Jewfolk is part of the New Voices Jewish Media Fellowship program. Subscribe to the New Voices newsletter. It’s not always been obvious to […]
Continue readingAugust 18, 2023
Elul, My Favorite Month
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I know, I know. The month of Elul should inspire awe and fear. I have heard stories of people in previous generations who would tremble when Rosh Chodesh Elul (the […]
Continue readingAugust 11, 2023
Being Present to Others: My Time in the Courtroom & Community in Pittsburgh
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I took a deep breath, made the call, said ‘yes’ and plunged in. I have experience, I have degrees and a board certification to back me up, yet even with […]
Continue readingMay 26, 2023
To Covet or Not To Covet
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A FEW DAYS BEFORE Shavuot some years back, I got an intriguing invitation from Rabbi Zalman at Chabad, who was putting together a Tikkun Leil (special evening service) for the […]
Continue readingMarch 15, 2023
Father & Son Rabbi Duo Speaking At Beth Jacob Sunday
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Rabbi Ethan Tucker followed in his father’s footsteps in becoming a rabbi, but until this weekend, teaching together had been a rarity. Rabbis Ethan and Gordon Tucker are the lecturers […]
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