It’s the day before Kol Nidre and the sermon I’m about to give in two days isn’t finished. For the past two months I’ve stared into the...

My closest friend from high school is expecting her first child. We’ve spoken on the phone every week of her pregnancy as she’s zeroed in...

Consider this a trigger warning - we’re going to talk about anxiety. What is the greatest source of anxiety in your life? Really - let’s...

Good evening, everyone. To those of you I haven’t met yet, I’m Cantor Emily Simkin from Temple Emanu-El of Edison. I’m humbled by the...

Vayera- and God appeared. The namesake of this week’s parshah announces the presence of God throughout a deeply troublesome portion. If...

It is a lazy Sunday afternoon a little after 4pm. I’m sitting on my couch with my cooing, baby boy bouncing on my knee. I steady Tal with...

Let them make me a sanctuary that I may dwell among them. Sometimes we don’t have to dig too deep to recognize the parallels between...

These first words of Torah tell our story of the world’s conception. This Torah portion is about beginnings and possibilities emerging...