The Festival of Shavuot and the Choices We Make
June 6, 2024
Shavuot reminds us that we as a community must, despite the challenges, continue to lean into curiosity, possibility, compassion, and love.
Rabbi Bradley Shavit Artson
Oct. 8th Jews: Wearing Our Pride in Public
March 13, 2024
Jews realize not only that we cannot hide, but that we no longer want to.
To My Israeli Family and Friends, and Their Defenders
December 23, 2023
Don’t give up hope, dear ones. Don’t walk away. Don’t turn this struggle into a “one-people-has-to-lose-for-the-other-people-to-win.”
To My Palestinian Friends and Their Defenders
November 24, 2023
Today I want to reach out to my Palestinian friends and to their would-be defenders. I want to say that particularly as a Jew, I resonate with your anguish.
Letter to My Non-Jewish Friends
October 25, 2023
You’ve always been with me, always supportive and encouraging. But now I feel an existential divide, and I know you’d be open to hearing about it.
The Soul of Sukkot: Circumcising our Hearts
September 28, 2023
It is true that circumcising our heart does open us to feel pain, but also joy, and wonder, and community, and connection.
Lessons Learned from My Cancer
September 6, 2023
As we curve into the penitential season of the Jewish calendar, some of the thoughts inspired by my more recent medical experiences are pertinent to the soul work we are all invited to do during these holy days.
The Gift and Possibility of Joy
June 28, 2023
In this year buffeted by anxiety, depression and isolation, I take heart in the fact that we are commanded to rejoice.
“On The Eighth Day, In Every Generation”: A Guide To Brit Milah
May 11, 2023
The mitzvah of brit milah, ritual circumcision, is among the oldest continually practiced rituals in the world.
Shiva Minyan: The Embarrassment and the Necessity
May 10, 2023
The Shiva Minyan restores a lost vision of how to live, how to retain order, goal and direction in a shattered world.
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