Must I say kaddish for my abusive father?
I had prayed to God for help. Now, for the first time, I could pray to God from my synagogue.
I had prayed to God for help. Now, for the first time, I could pray to God from my synagogue.
Out of all the places I've said kaddish, online and in-person, this was one of the more meaningful
My mother prayed to the angels daily to keep me safe. Hearing that prayer again helped me grieve her loss
As the Democrats’ chief deputy whip, Rep. Deborah Wasserman Schultz herds her colleagues for key votes. So I figured she could rustle up nine Jews.
This is the message I shared with my congregation during this past weekend’s Rosh Hashanah services, before we said the mourner’s Kaddish for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and from the Congress floor today. We have to resist what may be our first impulse over the loss of Justice Ginsburg – the political horror of it….
My father, a fan of life, music and his home state politician Joe Biden, died soon after the first case of Covid-19 was reported in Delaware — although fortunately not of Covid-19. He was felled by “natural causes,”also known as the physical vicissitudes of old age. Dad’s death was not unexpected, but because of the…
A writer searches for the right language to mourn those slain in the Pittsburgh synagogue
On reality star Khloe Kardashian’s Instagram page, she hawks for Flat Tummy Co. shakes, a laxative-based meal replacement product. On his page, DJ Khaled posts paid ads for sparkling wine. And on Jewish actress Natalie Portman’s Instagram, she peers out coquettishly behind a new piece of fiction by a man who once began a New…
דער קאָמפּאָזיטאָר, ברוך קאַלושינער, האָט אָנגעפֿירט מיט ייִדיש־כאָרן און געלערנט מוזיק אין די ייִדישע שולן