When the darkness is so omnipresent, trust and hope is exactly what we all need.

This Yom Kippur, only a few days after Oct 7, 2023, we know will be memorialized throughout the world, shared by so many.

As a Jew and an American I finally feel the confluence of our values coming into convergence.

To have a woman who is black and married to a Jew possibly become President of the United States marks how far we have come as we approach the 250th anniversary of our glorious country. 

Joe Biden’s profound ability to lead this country and the world, for that matter, is beyond imagination particularly as his age has been questioned.

When we are confronted with this much change and the slashing away of norms, our psyches and our souls need compassion and nurturing.

One of the most unusually gratifying rituals in modern Jewish life is what we call the Counting of the Omer.

The spark that creates light is the magical moment when the darkness becomes less pervasive, when it begins to shift from its enormity and lessens its hold on us.