From book events and speaking stages to hiking in Utah and nights under the Hollywood Bowl stars, this season has been full of meaning, movement, celebration, and connection. With Brave-ish turning two and my own birthday marking another personal New Year, I’m grateful for where I’ve been — and excited for what I’m stepping into next.
321 Nights of Suffering. Bring Them Home. Every person is an entire universe. We must save all these universes.
Shabbat Shalom for 210 days, I have been praying for the hostages, for our people and for peace. Thank you to Rabbi Yoshi and Cantor Emma for their leadership and these prayers:
Every Passover, we remember we are free. This Passover, we must remember those who are not. Rabbi Yoshi spoke about the Four Difficulties.
April 3 marks 180 days since the horrors of October 7th. Every one of us can do something. Sign one of the 180,000 letters that will be hand delivered to the White House on Wednesday, April 3rd in support of our brothers and sisters in Israel.
Their pain. Our pain. Death and life. Smiles and tears. Despair and hope. One thread weaving through it all. Is the thread making a quilt to warm us or is the thread unraveling the blanket of security and comfort? Go to Israel. Bear witness.
Enjoy eight of my favorite things in this Chanukah gift guide. Lighting the candles can bring light and hope into this dark time.
Greg Cummings’ Gorillaland describes a compelling and terrifying trip through the heart of Africa. The reader is treated to a cast of characters like individual strings in a Byzantine intrigue, from the pristine to the corrupt, to the archetypal and historical. When each is tightened into place and woven more completely together the story’s tapestry … Continued