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February 2025
- Feb 5, 2025 This is Not Zionism Feb 5, 2025
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December 2024
- Dec 27, 2024 A Chanukah Reflection in the Guise of a Review of the New Dylan Movie Dec 27, 2024
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November 2024
- Nov 19, 2024 Rabbi Leonard Kravitz ז״ל Nov 19, 2024
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October 2024
- Oct 22, 2024 How Can We Celebrate Simchat Torah in 2024? Oct 22, 2024
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August 2024
- Aug 21, 2024 Miracles & My Road to Bilateral Hearing Aug 21, 2024
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July 2024
- Jul 22, 2024 From October 7 to 17 Tammuz Jul 22, 2024
- Jul 8, 2024 What are You Reading?💔 Jul 8, 2024
- Jul 7, 2024 Transcending Trauma in Israel Jul 7, 2024
- Jul 3, 2024 The Mood of Israel from Its Graffiti Jul 3, 2024
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May 2024
- May 12, 2024 Bein Ha-Sh’mashot: Between Memory and Independence May 12, 2024
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December 2023
- Dec 11, 2023 What is Chanukah? Dec 11, 2023
- Dec 7, 2023 Rabbi David Ellenson זצ״ל Dec 7, 2023
- Dec 6, 2023 Chanukah and the Fear of PDJs (Public Displays of Jewishness) Dec 6, 2023
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November 2023
- Nov 15, 2023 Reflections on the Rally for Israel in DC Nov 15, 2023
- Nov 10, 2023 Time to Show Up Against the Insanity Nov 10, 2023
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October 2023
- Oct 22, 2023 A Letter to a Liberal Minister Friend Oct 22, 2023
- Oct 19, 2023 Seeking Inspiration Before Shabbat Noach Oct 19, 2023
- Oct 11, 2023 The Battle for Decency and Truth Has Begun: Big-P and Little-P Politics Oct 11, 2023
- Oct 8, 2023 Kohelet Speaks Oct 8, 2023
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August 2023
- Aug 27, 2023 Allon. Gabriel Allon. Aug 27, 2023
- Aug 11, 2023 Rags and Bones: Remembering Robbie Robertson Aug 11, 2023
- Aug 2, 2023 Against Defeatism Aug 2, 2023
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July 2023
- Jul 24, 2023 Zealots and Tisha B'Av Jul 24, 2023
- Jul 12, 2023 "Tzav Shemoneh" in Jerusalem Jul 12, 2023
- Jul 6, 2023 Jerusalem's Past and Present (A Fast Day in the Eternal City) Jul 6, 2023
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June 2023
- Jun 10, 2023 On Friendship—Part Two Jun 10, 2023
- Jun 7, 2023 On Friendship—Part One Jun 7, 2023
- Jun 2, 2023 Is There Such Thing as a Reform Jew? Jun 2, 2023
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April 2023
- Apr 30, 2023 Rabbi Harold Kushner ז״ל Apr 30, 2023
- Apr 24, 2023 On the 75th Anniversary of Israeli Independence Apr 24, 2023
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March 2023
- Mar 27, 2023 Invigoration and Pride About What Democracy Can Look Like Mar 27, 2023
- Mar 12, 2023 What "Pro-Israel" Must Mean Today Mar 12, 2023
- Mar 9, 2023 Topol's Most Amazing Feat Mar 9, 2023
- Mar 2, 2023 Purim after Huwara Mar 2, 2023
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February 2023
- Feb 28, 2023 Parashat Tetzaveh - Israel's Ancient Ouija Board Feb 28, 2023
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January 2023
- Jan 22, 2023 Closing One Book & Opening the Next: 3 Years of Daf Yomi Jan 22, 2023
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December 2022
- Dec 28, 2022 Giora Shkedi ז״ל Dec 28, 2022
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November 2022
- Nov 18, 2022 Jon Stewart Buries the Lede Nov 18, 2022
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October 2022
- Oct 21, 2022 This Week In Antisemitism: אף על פי כן / In Spite of It All Oct 21, 2022
- Oct 3, 2022 Why We Fast Oct 3, 2022
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September 2022
- Sep 7, 2022 The Mitzvah of Forgetting Sep 7, 2022
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August 2022
- Aug 3, 2022 Against Zealots: The Meaning of Tisha B'Av in 2022 Aug 3, 2022
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July 2022
- Jul 31, 2022 Happy 80th Birthday in the Next World, Jerry Garcia: Three Jewish Things I Learned from the Grateful Dead Jul 31, 2022
- Jul 27, 2022 The Ageism Behind the Movement for Biden Not to Run Again Jul 27, 2022
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June 2022
- Jun 13, 2022 Jews, Once Again in the Crosshairs Jun 13, 2022
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April 2022
- Apr 25, 2022 Russian Doll and Repairing the Past Apr 25, 2022
- Apr 10, 2022 Where is Ukraine in the Haggadah? Apr 10, 2022
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March 2022
- Mar 4, 2022 Don’t Kill Tsarnaev Mar 4, 2022
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February 2022
- Feb 24, 2022 Is the War in Ukraine a "Jewish Issue"? Feb 24, 2022
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January 2022
- Jan 17, 2022 A Message to College Students after the Assault in Colleyville, Texas Jan 17, 2022
- Jan 12, 2022 In the Talmud, A Weirdly Sobering Voice from My Own Not-So-Distant Past Jan 12, 2022
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November 2021
- Nov 4, 2021 Toldot: The Voice of Jacob, The Hands of Esau Nov 4, 2021
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October 2021
- Oct 8, 2021 A Very Short Note About Parashat Noach Oct 8, 2021
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September 2021
- Sep 9, 2021 Twenty Years Sep 9, 2021
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July 2021
- Jul 20, 2021 Brain Freeze on Israel Jul 20, 2021
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March 2021
- Mar 20, 2021 Greens in Salt Water: Our Second Covid Passover Mar 20, 2021
- Mar 10, 2021 One Year's Passing Since "That Day" Mar 10, 2021
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January 2021
- Jan 8, 2021 Parashat Shemot: The Big Lie Jan 8, 2021
- Jan 7, 2021 Statement from the Massachusetts Board of Rabbis on the Assault on America, January 6, 2021 Jan 7, 2021
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November 2020
- Nov 10, 2020 Michael Oren's Ghostly and Liberating Tales Nov 10, 2020
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October 2020
- Oct 23, 2020 Light in Darkness Oct 23, 2020
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September 2020
- Sep 30, 2020 Election 2020 / A Lesson from the Days of Barry Goldwater Sep 30, 2020
- Sep 22, 2020 A Troubling Thought on the Death of Ruth Bader Ginsberg זצ''ל Sep 22, 2020
- Sep 15, 2020 Have We Forgotten What Good News Looks Like? Sep 15, 2020
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July 2020
- Jul 9, 2020 A Day of Communal Compassion and Grief Jul 9, 2020
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June 2020
- Jun 28, 2020 An Antidote to Cynicism Jun 28, 2020
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May 2020
- May 12, 2020 Lag BaOmer: The Day the Curve Flattened May 12, 2020
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March 2020
- Mar 31, 2020 Where is the Pandemic in the Seder? Lots of Places—But Please, Not in the 10 Plagues Mar 31, 2020
- Mar 22, 2020 Some RADIANCE for Dark Times - New Book! Mar 22, 2020
- Mar 9, 2020 Esther: A Brilliant Satire of Jewish-Diaspora Relations Mar 9, 2020
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February 2020
- Feb 24, 2020 On the Death of an Indigent Jew Feb 24, 2020
- Feb 6, 2020 Tu BiShvat: How Israel Planted New Seeds in the Jewish Soul Feb 6, 2020
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December 2019
- Dec 9, 2019 A New Adventure in Jewish Learning - Come and Join Me Dec 9, 2019
- Dec 2, 2019 Book Announcement - Radiance: Creative Mitzvah Living/The Selected Prose & Poetry of Danny Siegel Dec 2, 2019
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November 2019
- Nov 28, 2019 Mr. Rogers' Moment Nov 28, 2019
- Nov 4, 2019 On the 24th Yartzeit of Yitzhak Rabin ז״ל Nov 4, 2019
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October 2019
- Oct 26, 2019 On the Anniversary of the Terrorist Attack in Pittsburgh Oct 26, 2019
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July 2019
- Jul 29, 2019 Hearing Without My Ears Jul 29, 2019
- Jul 24, 2019 Invisible Disability Jul 24, 2019
- Jul 1, 2019 "Disability" Redux Jul 1, 2019
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June 2019
- Jun 19, 2019 Are We Ever Allowed to Make Holocaust Comparisons? Jun 19, 2019
- Jun 6, 2019 A Story on an Airplane (for Shavuot) Jun 6, 2019
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May 2019
- May 1, 2019 Marking Yom HaShoah in 2019 May 1, 2019
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April 2019
- Apr 17, 2019 We're Doing the 10 Plagues All Wrong—Part Two Apr 17, 2019
- Apr 16, 2019 We're Doing the Ten Plagues All Wrong—Part One Apr 16, 2019
- Apr 11, 2019 Good Enough Apr 11, 2019
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March 2019
- Mar 18, 2019 A Torah of Kindness Mar 18, 2019
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February 2019
- Feb 21, 2019 Od Kahane Chai?: A Poison Weed in Israel Feb 21, 2019
- Feb 17, 2019 Remembering Al Vorspan, My Teacher and Hero Feb 17, 2019
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January 2019
- Jan 20, 2019 MLK & Israel Jan 20, 2019
- Jan 18, 2019 Saying No to the Neturei Karta of the Left Jan 18, 2019
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December 2018
- Dec 30, 2018 פידלער אויפן דאך—Fidler Afn Dakh: The Yiddish Fiddler on the Roof Dec 30, 2018
- Dec 8, 2018 One Good Legacy of 2018: Books about Israel Dec 8, 2018
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October 2018
- Oct 29, 2018 Look, It's about White Supremacy Oct 29, 2018
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September 2018
- Sep 13, 2018 Twenty-Five Years Ago Today Sep 13, 2018
- Sep 12, 2018 Miles Davis and the Art of Living Sep 12, 2018
- Sep 6, 2018 Why Teshuvah Preceded the Creation of the World Sep 6, 2018
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August 2018
- Aug 19, 2018 Why Do Parents Cry When Their Children Leave for College? Aug 19, 2018
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July 2018
- Jul 26, 2018 Borrowed Dresses: A Thought about Tu B'Av, the Festival of Love Jul 26, 2018
- Jul 19, 2018 The Exile of Tisha B'Av: What Are We Mourning? Jul 19, 2018
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June 2018
- Jun 5, 2018 ...an entire world... Jun 5, 2018
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May 2018
- May 29, 2018 Elegy for… a Character: A Tzedakah Story May 29, 2018
- May 23, 2018 Philip Roth: An Appreciation of the Wicked Child May 23, 2018
- May 14, 2018 Broken Clocks (on the U.S. Embassy Opening in Jerusalem) May 14, 2018
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April 2018
- Apr 19, 2018 On Israel's 70th Independence Day Apr 19, 2018
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March 2018
- Mar 9, 2018 Reflections on a Winter Nor'easter Mar 9, 2018
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February 2018
- Feb 28, 2018 Nevertheless, Esther Persisted: Purim in a Nutshell Feb 28, 2018
- Feb 11, 2018 The Stranger Who Resides with Us Feb 11, 2018
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January 2018
- Jan 31, 2018 Nuclear Dreams Jan 31, 2018
- Jan 15, 2018 A Thought for MLK Day - King & The Jews Jan 15, 2018
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December 2017
- Dec 18, 2017 The Secret of the Seventh Light Dec 18, 2017
- Dec 6, 2017 Of Course Jerusalem is Israel's Capital... Dec 6, 2017
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November 2017
- Nov 26, 2017 Writing Roundup: A Few Recent Books with Writings of Mine Nov 26, 2017
- Nov 9, 2017 Bob Dylan's "Trouble No More: 1979-1981": Understanding an American Apikoros Nov 9, 2017
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October 2017
- Oct 29, 2017 The Balfour Centennial—A Time of Reflection & Introspection Oct 29, 2017
- Oct 10, 2017 Rain (I Don't Mind) - For Shemini Atzeret Oct 10, 2017
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September 2017
- Sep 25, 2017 How to—and How Not to—Prepare for Yom Kippur Sep 25, 2017
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August 2017
- Aug 16, 2017 After Charlottesville Aug 16, 2017
- Aug 6, 2017 All You Need is Love Aug 6, 2017
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July 2017
- Jul 31, 2017 Tisha B'Av, Exile, & The Laws of Physics Jul 31, 2017
- Jul 20, 2017 Pluralism in Israel – Our Facts on the Ground Jul 20, 2017
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May 2017
- May 23, 2017 Jerusalem, A Fractured Unity May 23, 2017
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April 2017
- Apr 23, 2017 Hitler Didn't Create Israel. (Modernity Did.) Apr 23, 2017
- Apr 15, 2017 Oslo on Broadway: The Long Shorter Road Apr 15, 2017
- Apr 14, 2017 Dreams Deferred: The Resource We've Been Waiting for to Combat BDS Apr 14, 2017
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May 2016
- May 9, 2016 Neil Young, Dylan, Stones, McCartney: Divest from Roger Waters! May 9, 2016
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March 2016
- Mar 22, 2016 Why I Walked Out on Donald Trump at AIPAC Mar 22, 2016
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February 2016
- Feb 8, 2016 The Art - and Challenge - of Compromise Feb 8, 2016
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January 2016
- Jan 6, 2016 Killing a King: The Assassination of Yitzhak Rabin by Dan Ephron Jan 6, 2016
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December 2014
- Dec 30, 2014 "Into the Woods," Freedom, & Happily Ever After Dec 30, 2014
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August 2014
- Aug 21, 2014 Gleanings in the Fields of Israel Aug 21, 2014
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June 2014
- Jun 17, 2014 G-d Bless the Rolling Stones Jun 17, 2014
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December 2013
- Dec 15, 2013 Best Lunch Ever, With Aaron's Last Wish Dec 15, 2013
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November 2013
- Nov 27, 2013 My Hero, the Rabbanit Bracha Kapach Nov 27, 2013
- Nov 3, 2013 A Hesped for Lou Reed Nov 3, 2013
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June 2013
- Jun 27, 2013 Marriage Isn't Sacred Jun 27, 2013
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May 2013
- May 12, 2013 The Black Hole of Antisemitism May 12, 2013
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May 2012
- May 5, 2012 Death of a Beastie Boy May 5, 2012
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January 2012
- Jan 1, 2012 Disability Jan 1, 2012