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Kabbalat Shabbat: When Tomorrow Comes
When time proves to be dizzyingly complex, we can find firm footing in the grounded truth and quiet expanse of Shabbat.
Maariv Aravim: Bringing Awareness to Change
This prayer recited as day turns to night helps to acknowledge moments of transition we often miss.
Baseball, Passover and Rebirth
In the spring, on Passover and on Opening Day, everything feels possible.
If Humans Move Off-Planet, Will Judaism Come Along?
How would future Jews, living off-planet, live Jewishly?
Cosmic Consolation: Wrinkles in Time
Ritual telescopes time and place, bringing together past, present and future, sacred space and wherever we happen to be.
The “End of the World” Has Happened Before
If this time in history is in fact the end of the world, it wouldn’t be the first time.
Is This The Beginning or The End?
It is hard to be handed a 508 million year old fossil from the Burgess Shale and not realize that our problems and ideas are fairly small and short-lived.
Swiftly Flow the Years
How do both science and Judaism influence the way we think about time?
Why Time Isn’t Money
Money doesn’t have value in and of itself — its power comes in what it allows us to do. The question then is, are we using our money to help us do what we truly want to be doing?
How Deep Are Our Thoughts?
It is far too easy for us to skim headlines and ignore context, to regurgitate ideas without considering them critically, and to find support only for perspectives we already buy into. Instead, we have a responsibility to go in depth.
Memory is Not About the Past — Memory is About the Future
Reflecting on the past is not the real purpose of memory. Instead, as Professor Steve Joordens says, memory is “any time when a past experience has an effect on current or future behavior.” In other words, memory is not about the past – memory is really about the present and the future.
Our Deeply-Rooted Need to Mark Time
While the calendar can remind us when sacred moments happen, we are the ones who have the power to truly make them significant.
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