The years ahead will be a test of our hospitality – how we find ways to welcome the stranger and keep them safe. And how we find ways to welcome each other and build communities of resilience. A test of how we step outside our comfort zones and open our doors to all who need it. And that we hold such acts as a spiritual imperative. Any one of us could be an angel. Each one of us is an angel.
Read moreBuilding our Arks
Our Noah story is one of survival and continuity. We survive to try again. We build a means of staying afloat. In it is the DNA blueprint for renewal. A time capsule sent into the future in the form of a vessel floating right atop the destroying waters. Isolated, with no landmarks. But still, a story of humanity getting a second chance. So what does our second chance look like? What is the ark we are building in this frightening time?
Read moreStuck in the Covenant
What does it mean to be a covenant people? How does it empower us, and what does it demand of us, even in our dissent from mainstream Jewish consensus? Yom Kippur evening sermon 2026/5787.
Read moreCourage, Presence, and Flying Like a Hawk
How can we be brave in this terrible time? “Maybe,” says a voice in my ear, “that's the wrong question.”
Erev Rosh Hashanah drash for Congregation Ner Shalom, 5787 – September 11, 2026.
Read moreOn the Palms of Your Hands
My friend Cybele, something precious in the palms of her hands.
In Isaiah 49, God says, "I have inscribed you on the palms of my hands." Our palms are less doers than holders. They hold, caress, bless, soothe. What does it mean to be etched on the palms of the Divine? How does it feel?
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