Just Desserts
Beyond just a sweet meal-ender, a great dessert conveys love — yes, we said it — like nothing else can
Bonus Round
“It’s too good an opportunity to pass up. What Yid can say no on Motzaei Yom Kippur, right?” Rabbi Plaut stopped to bask in his own brilliance
A New Lease on Life
Being lost is a scary experience, but feeling lost and lonely in a crowd is so much scarier
The Best Banner
“Maybe we’ll do it your way in the end, but if someone else has a different idea, they’re allowed to say it!”
Legs to Stand On
We cry out and He responds
All in a Day’s Avodah
Joey Newcomb shares the secret at the heart of his music and message
Do Nothing
Why do so many of us have a hard time just being?
Hosha Na!
We cry out and He responds
At His Table
We yearn for Bobbie’s twinkling eyes, the naïveté of childhood, and a joy unsullied by disappointment at life not turning out exactly as you planned
Every Scroll a Story
The sifrei Torah stored in Israel’s National Library have been on a long journey of their own until they were brought safely to the Holy Land
Pragmatism Gives Way to Magical Thinking
Pragmatism is too rarely associated with our politicians today
