One year ago, I was comparing the plagues of the Passover story to the plague of Covid-19.

We continued our annual tradition of baking hamantaschen.

In the secular world, this weekend brings in a holiday known for love.

In the secular world, this weekend brings in a holiday known for love.

Clergy note the coinciding of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Tu Bishvat, the holiday celebrating the “new year” of the trees.

Clergy note the coinciding of International Holocaust Remembrance Day and Tu Bishvat, the holiday celebrating the “new year” of the trees.

In watching the inauguration, so many of us were captivated by Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. History.

Across the globe, it feels as if we are treading water.

As a collective society blessed to live in this beautiful country, what are we teaching our children?

How do you start over in a world that looks so very upside down?

My inbox is flooded with people searching for hope: those that are physically ill, the bereft and mourning, some lonely with distancing getting harder and harder.

Today, my daughter turns 9 years old.

Please enjoy this special Hanukkah message.

My mom and I began to discuss Thanksgiving, a favorite holiday among the Guzik family. Usually, the dining room is bursting with relatives, new...

As I have watched the election unfold, I have done exactly what I vowed not to do: scroll through Facebook and Instagram. And while...

A dear congregant gifted me a beautiful memoir about her father growing up in Poland during the Shoah. Prior to the onset of the...

Our family members went around the table to discuss their favorite Jewish holidays. I love Sukkot. Our older children gave solid explanations for Hanukkah...

My husband, Rabbi Erez Sherman, and I developed a new routine upon entering and sitting in our sukkah. We look around, sideways and, eventually,...

Years ago, we inherited a beautiful sukkah from our good friends Cantor Arianne Brown and Rabbi Randall Brown. Next, we shared the sukkah with...

In speaking about relationships, my professor remarked, “With every first hello, there is an impending goodbye.” Meaning that with each birth, new connection, endeavor...

May this High Holy Days season be one of meaningful prayer, engaging lessons, poignant revelation and strong connections.

Our family is in possession of an abundance of shofarot. Many, many shofars. During quarantine, our children took up chess, learned to swim and,...

Some superheroes wear capes and fly through the sky. Other superheroes manage classes of anxious, excited and confused students during a worldwide pandemic. This...

Some people lose socks in the laundry. Others constantly lose their spare key. My family can’t seem to assemble a complete puzzle. No matter...

Right now, many of us are looking for a little hope. Share your dream so that someone else can find theirs.

Five months ago, I never would have imagined celebrating a birthday during a pandemic. Five months ago, I never would have imagined planning for...

This pandemic has nothing in the face of true love. Not by COVID-19, not by quarantine, not by masks, not by an abundance of hand sanitizer.

But to brace ourselves for the ongoing struggle, we must find those comforts that nourish, replenish and restore. 

Sometimes the world is difficult. Sometimes we want to cry. Sometimes we just don’t know the answers.

 A real community is one that upholds those who have fallen. A true community exists even when times are difficult and scary.