A NIGHTTIME CONCERT >>
Date: 2015-05-20 | Id: rdw28

As evening fell the heat of the day eased.

Reviving the Dead >>
Date: 2015-04-27 | Id: rdw29

From the Torah to contemporary novels, we Jews know that stories have power. They teach better than most other kinds of lessons because they put the message – the mashal – in the context of real people. No great news flash there. What I didn’t realize about stories is their power to revive the dead.

Let all who are hungry come and eat >>
Date: 2015-04-15 | Id: rdw30

One of the most famous lines in the haggadah is, “Let all who are hungry come and eat.” It’s how we begin our seder – by inviting those who need what we have to share with us. But this invitation isn’t just about food, and it isn’t just for Passover.

Blessings >>
Date: 2015-02-12 | Id: rdw31

I don’t like surprises. Give me time to prepare and I can handle almost anything, but surprises are not welcome guests in my brain. So, in December I tore my Achilles’ tendon. Surprise!