Why Our Synagogue Switched to Solar Power
Doing the right thing paid off at the bottom line. How often can you say that about doing a mitzvah?
What Jewish Ethics Tell Us About Deflategate
“Deflategate,” the controversy surrounding the New England Patriots that has made national news, made its way to a Houston business conference led by a rabbi.
It’s Hard to be a Jew at Christmas, But Even Harder on Tu BiSh’vat
It is a truth universally acknowledged that it can be difficult to be Jewish at Christmas time. It has seeped into North American cultural consciousness so thoroughly that South Park even wrote a song about it, complete with trademark expletives.
In the Beginning, There was Charleston
Charleston was founded in 1670, and the earliest known reference to Jews in the English settlement is a description dating from 1695. Soon thereafter other Jews followed, attracted by the civil and religious liberty of South Carolina and the ample economic opportunity of the colony.
What’s Jewish About the Super Bowl?
American Jews, like so many others across the world, are brought together by a love of gathering to watch sporting events – and my husband and I are no exception.
The Torah In Haiku: B'shalach
Miriam's song is a sort of coda to Shirat Hayam, the Song of the Sea.
Breakfast with Fahim
Then Joseph said to his brothers and to his father's household…When Pharaoh summons you and asks, "What is your occupation?" You shall answer, "Your servants have been breeders of livestock from the start until now, both we and our fathers" - so that you may stay in the region of Gos
An Invitation to Silence: My Perspective as a Deaf Tour Guide
I remember the day as if it was yesterday.
Making Synagogue a Place to Run To, Not From
The events of my son’s bar mitzvah day don't begin to tell the story of how Max arrived at that moment.