TU BISHVAT SEDER
Join Tikkun Ha-Ir and Own Your Judaism at Tricklebee Cafe for a Tu Bishvat seder, where we’ll eat, celebrate, reflect, and organize for food justice in Milwaukee. A Tu Bishvat Seder is a celebration of our...
Livestream Conversation with Ben Callif
Thank you to strategist, author, and philanthropist — and my cousin — Ben Callif for joining me for my most recent Own Your Judaism Livestream Conversation. We will discuss philanthropy as an expression of Jewish...
What’s Wrong with the Kashrut Industry?
Keeping kosher — a Jewish term for eating food that is properly prepared and supervised and for limiting the species of animals that a Jew may eat — is central to Jewish practice. Its laws...
Highland Park Shooting (July 4th)
Having posted just a little bit ago, I have now heard the tragic news of the Highland Park shooting. I’ll now add one personal thought as we continue to pray for the victims of the...
A Shofar Moment with a GUEST shofar blower!
A daily mindful reflection in the week leading up to Rosh Hashanah followed by the sounding of the shofar....
A Shofar Moment, 9/15/2020
Today’s mindful reflection in the week leading up to Rosh Hashanah followed by the sounding of the shofar....
A Shofar Moment, 9/14/2020
Today’s mindful reflection in the week leading up to Rosh Hashanah followed by the sounding of the shofar....
A Shofar Moment: 9/13/2020
A Shofar Moment for 9/13/2020: A reflection for the day followed by the sounding of the shofar. ...
Why I’m Self-Quarantining for Fourteen Days, Why I Urged My Synagogue to Close, and Why You Should, Too: A Reflection on Leadership
My head is swimming, and it has been for many days. It’s hard to keep straight so many conflicting yet intertwined realities. What is my role as a leader? As a house guest? As a...
No longer my spiritual home
I remember my first trip to Israel, the summer before I turned ten years old. As I was heading via sheirut (a shared cab in Israel) to the airport to return home to Milwaukee, I remember crying,...