Covering My Head
How could one little doily mean so much? Growing up what we might now call Conservadox, it was pretty clear. Boys and men wore kippot; married (and widowed and divorced) […]
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Amidah Offering: Ancestors
The first blessing of the Amidah names God as “God of” Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and in liberal Jewish spaces, also God of Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel, and Leah. What does […]
Prayerbooks in Your Onion Baskets – from Life Lessons from Recently Dead Rabbis
This is an excerpt from R. Mark Asher Goodman’s Life Lessons from Recently Dead Rabbis: Hassidut for the People, now available for purchase. Illustration by Steve Silbert. Each chapter of […]
As Yourself: Acharei Mot-Kedoshim
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine Last winter, my HIAS colleagues took a […]
Being Seen: Tazria / Metzorah 5783
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine I was in a shoe […]
Creating “The Colors of Earthlight” Reflection & Resources for Earth Day 2023
I open with gratitude: I’m fortunate to serve as a volunteer on the boards of three non profit organizations dedicated to building Jewish community through education and outreach. This week […]
Paying Attention Behind the Curtain: Shemini
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine Shemini is a parasha full of communication, actions […]
Trans Day of Visibility and Shabbat HaGadol
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. On Purim we conceal what is revealed, […]
The Offering Beyond Space and Time
A teaching by the Sfat Emet, with commentary by Rabbi Mark Asher Goodman. Cross-posted to Gashmius magazine. Exodus 12:2 הַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה לָכֶם רֹאשׁ חֳדָשִׁים רִאשׁוֹן הוּא לָכֶם לְחדְשֵׁי הַשָּׁנָה׃ […]
Vayikra’s aleph and the offerings drawing us together
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. With this week’s parsha, Vayikra (“and He […]