Celebrating Hanukkah >>
Date: 2017-12-03 | Id: rdw13

As I thought about our upcoming celebration of Hanukkah, I remembered something I wrote in 1990. Its message is still important, and I hope it adds meaning to your holiday… and your Jewish journey.

“GHOST STORIES” >>
Date: 2017-11-01 | Id: rdw14

I’ve always been puzzled by Halloween. For a society which is so terrified of anything having to do with death, it’s weird to see so many people planting fake gravestones and hanging human skeletons in their yards.

“SACRED TEXTING,” INTIMATE RESPONSES >>
Date: 2017-08-07 | Id: rdw15

Once in a while something special – something holy – happens when you’re least expecting it. When we began “Sacred Texting,” an alternative experience for Yom Kippur afternoon, we never imagined how powerful it would become.

6 Days That Changed Your Life >>
Date: 2017-05-17 | Id: rdw16

If you are Jewish or are related to someone Jewish, your life changed 50 years ago this month. Even if you hadn’t been born yet, the events of June 1967 impacted your life.