Content on Holidays (Page 4)
Repairing the World With Science Tikkun
In this time of fragility, repairing the world is needed more than ever.
We Need to Slow Down. No, For Real This Time.
It might seem counterintuitive to look at a year when we’re hoping to be able to do more and say instead to ourselves, “let’s take a step back,” but I think that makes it all the more crucial.
When “Right and Wrong” Come Down to Luck
We all struggle, we all deal with both good and bad luck, and even our moral judgments are not fully the results of our own decisions.
Religious and Scientific Miracles
As modern, scientific people, we tend to accept only natural explanations for events. Miracles can’t be the “answer” to questions we don’t yet understand.
Rituals Are For Doing: They Make Life Better
A conversation between Rabbi Geoffrey Mitelman and Dr. David DeSteno about how religious rituals are designed to help us find relief, connection and solace.
(W)holy Broken
Let the New Year bring a world that is sweet, not inherently, not because we ignore what is sour, but because we work to make it sweet.
Hate Needs a Vaccine
Hate needs a vaccine. As Dr. King Jr said, “the time is always right to do what is right”. Now is the right time.
Unetaneh Tokef in the “Muddy Middle”
For months now, we’ve been making real sacrifices. And since the downsides are clear, apparent and immediate, while the victories are invisible, uncertain and down the road, it’s been really difficult, both emotionally and financially.
Risks and Rewards in a World of Unknowns
Professors Emily Oster and Stuart Firestein offer advice for rabbis for deciding what to do about the High Holy Days during COVID-19 – and how to live with the unavoidable uncertainty.
Moral Proximity in a Time of Social Distance
The difficulty of judging our need for physical distance can turn into something much worse: moral distance.
Darkness and Light, Cosmology and Creation – In Memory of Rabbi Adam Feldman z”l
What was that darkness? A black hole? What was that light? Electromagnetic energy? Radiation?
How the Sights, Smells and Sounds of Chanukah Create Memories
Memory, whether personal or collective, seems to be a central feature of Jewish practice.