Weekly Jewish Wisdom Archive

2017
- Sep 20, 2017 The Highs and Lows of the Days of Awe
- Sep 14, 2017 What if They Repent?
- Sep 13, 2017 Deep Repentance
- Sep 7, 2017 Good Decisions, Good Neighbors
- Aug 31, 2017 The Imperfect Storm
- Aug 28, 2017 The Power of Brokenness
- Aug 24, 2017 The Voice
- Aug 17, 2017 Hate Reading
- Aug 10, 2017 Mid-Life Question
- Aug 3, 2017 The Tree of Hope
- Jul 27, 2017 Long Suffering
- Jul 20, 2017 The Modern-Day Prophet
- Jul 13, 2017 Forgery
- Jul 6, 2017 Praising Loudly
- Jun 29, 2017 Creatives
- Jun 23, 2017 Happy Travels
- Jun 18, 2017 You're Invited
- Jun 15, 2017 Does Charm Harm?
- Jun 8, 2017 Un-Stealing
- May 29, 2017 Moses and the Mountain
- May 25, 2017 Going Grey
- May 19, 2017 How Much is Too Much?
- May 4, 2017 In Praise of Uncertainty
- Apr 27, 2017 Precision Matters
- Apr 20, 2017 Curiosity
- Apr 14, 2017 To a Master Teacher
- Apr 6, 2017 Bitter and Sweet
- Mar 30, 2017 A Tree Grows In Babylonia
- Mar 23, 2017 Raising Kids to Give
- Mar 21, 2017 The Sigh of Slavery
- Mar 17, 2017 A Jewish Option B
- Mar 16, 2017 The Public
- Mar 9, 2017 Your H.Q
- Mar 2, 2017 Last Minute Surprises
- Mar 1, 2017 Last Minute Surprises
- Feb 23, 2017 An Eternal Home
- Feb 16, 2017 Shared Pot
- Feb 16, 2017 Shared Pot
- Feb 14, 2017 Consolations
- Feb 9, 2017 Across the Sea
- Feb 2, 2017 Consolations
- Jan 31, 2017 Wake Up
- Jan 26, 2017 Happy Travels
- Jan 19, 2017 A Leadership of Silence
- Jan 12, 2017 The Things We Carry
- Jan 12, 2017 A Leadership of Silence
- Jan 10, 2017 The Things We Carry
- Jan 5, 2017 Drop Plan B
2016
- Dec 30, 2016 Jewish Year in Review 2016
- Dec 22, 2016 Books Everywhere
- Dec 15, 2016 Trousergate
- Dec 8, 2016 Triage This
- Dec 1, 2016 The Genesis of Trust
- Nov 24, 2016 Table Peace
- Nov 17, 2016 Promises, Promises
- Nov 10, 2016 People are Strange
- Nov 3, 2016 Voting Matters
- Oct 27, 2016 Goodbye
- Oct 20, 2016 What Are We?
- Oct 13, 2016 A Universal Altar
- Oct 11, 2016 What are We?
- Oct 6, 2016 Can We Forgive?
- Sep 29, 2016 To Love Again on Rosh Hashana
- Sep 25, 2016 Can You Forgive?
- Sep 22, 2016 The Season of Change
- Sep 19, 2016 To Love Again on Rosh Hashana
- Sep 15, 2016 What’s in a Name?
- Sep 8, 2016 Walk This Way
- Sep 1, 2016 Stop Embarrassing Me!
- Aug 25, 2016 Evicted
- Aug 18, 2016 Going for the Gold
- Aug 11, 2016 Black Shoes
- Aug 10, 2016 Evicted
- Aug 4, 2016 Justice Needs Practice
- Jul 28, 2016 Turning Political Darkness to Light
- Jul 21, 2016 Fishing for Ideas
- Jul 14, 2016 The Blues
- Jul 7, 2016 Where is God?
- Jul 6, 2016 Memory and Activism
- Jun 30, 2016 What is Rest?
- Jun 23, 2016 A Spiritual Bucket List?
- Jun 16, 2016 After Orlando
- Jun 9, 2016 Ruth and Food
- Jun 6, 2016 Secular Holiness
- Jun 2, 2016 Working Hard or Hardly Working?
- May 26, 2016 The Hidden and Revealed Name
- May 19, 2016 No Man is an Island
- May 12, 2016 Celebrating Homeland
- May 5, 2016 Jewish Crystal Balls
- Apr 28, 2016 Stable Instability
- Apr 21, 2016 Slave Pains
- Apr 14, 2016 Honor Thy Parents
- Apr 7, 2016 Exodus: A Synopsis
- Mar 31, 2016 Believe Me
- Mar 23, 2016 Feasting, Fasting and Forgetting
- Mar 17, 2016 The Power of Invitation
- Mar 14, 2016 Soft Words
- Mar 10, 2016 Role Reversal and Happiness
- Mar 10, 2016 Role Reversal
- Mar 3, 2016 Soft Words
- Feb 25, 2016 Growing Wiser
- Feb 18, 2016 The Secret is Out
- Feb 11, 2016 Losing It
- Feb 4, 2016 Be Jealous
- Jan 28, 2016 Stumbling Along
- Jan 21, 2016 Too Much Noise
- Jan 14, 2016 Moving Fast and Slow
- Jan 7, 2016 Leave Them Laughing
2015
- Dec 31, 2015 2015: The Jewish Year in Review
- Dec 24, 2015 The Hineni Moment
- Dec 17, 2015 Losing a Leader
- Dec 1, 2015 Giving Tuesday
- Nov 26, 2015 White Friday
- Nov 19, 2015 Everywhere
- Nov 12, 2015 The Truth Behind Lying
- Nov 5, 2015 The Eyes Have It
- Oct 29, 2015 Grit
- Oct 21, 2015 Race and Restlessness
- Oct 15, 2015 Blue and White Not Red
- Oct 12, 2015 Race and Restlessness
- Oct 8, 2015 Religious Violence
- Oct 1, 2015 A Fly in the Ointment
- Sep 24, 2015 Don't be Cheap
- Sep 17, 2015 For the Sin of...
- Sep 10, 2015 Puncture Your Heart
- Sep 3, 2015 Stay, Don't Stray
- Aug 27, 2015 Raise Your Right Hand
- Aug 24, 2015 The Hineni Moment
- Aug 20, 2015 Reciprocity
- Aug 13, 2015 Stand Tall
- Aug 10, 2015 Do You Know Who I Am?
- Aug 6, 2015 The Place
- Jul 30, 2015 Is Doubt Good for You?
- Jul 23, 2015 To Plant or Not to Plant
- Jul 16, 2015 Frailty, Thy Name is Woman
- Jul 9, 2015 The Gift
- Jul 2, 2015 Under the Sea
- Jun 25, 2015 A Banner Year?
- Jun 18, 2015 Anger Management
- Jun 12, 2015 Curiosity Conversations
- Jun 4, 2015 Get Motivated
- May 28, 2015 The Upside of Stress?
- May 21, 2015 Climb Every Mountain
- May 14, 2015 Art Attack
- May 7, 2015 Police State
- Apr 30, 2015 When the Earth Shakes
- Apr 23, 2015 Trust Twice
- Apr 16, 2015 Good Enough
- Apr 9, 2015 Seeking and Finding
- Apr 1, 2015 Sit back and Relax
- Mar 26, 2015 Revisiting History and Memory
- Mar 19, 2015 The Beginning of Time
- Mar 12, 2015 A Hearing Problem
- Mar 5, 2015 Long Live the Queen
- Feb 26, 2015 Long Term Memory
- Feb 19, 2015 Snow and Chocolate
- Feb 13, 2015 He/She Politics
- Feb 12, 2015 A Pre-Purim Drink?
- Feb 11, 2015 Losing It
- Feb 5, 2015 Jewish Body Language
- Feb 4, 2015 Many Faces
- Jan 29, 2015 A Special Seventy
- Jan 22, 2015 When Will the Facts Change?
- Jan 15, 2015 Hugs R Us
- Jan 8, 2015 Groaning and Moaning
- Jan 1, 2015 2014 Year in Review
2014
- Dec 25, 2014 Rededicating Ourselves
- Dec 18, 2014 Channukah and Every Day Heroism
- Dec 11, 2014 Take Heed
- Dec 4, 2014 The Tongue as Sword
- Nov 27, 2014 The Story of a Life
- Nov 20, 2014 On Resolve
- Nov 13, 2014 Grown Old with Me
- Nov 5, 2014 Moral Vigilance
- Oct 30, 2014 Healing Waters
- Oct 28, 2014 Pure Waters
- Oct 26, 2014 The Story of a Life
- Oct 23, 2014 Noah's Support Animals
- Oct 15, 2014 The Freedom to Linger
- Oct 8, 2014 Is Your Table an Altar?
- Oct 2, 2014 The Metrics of Repentance
- Sep 24, 2014 The Shofar's Power
- Sep 18, 2014 Say No to Snark
- Sep 11, 2014 Vanquishing the Angel of Death
- Sep 4, 2014 Rumor Has It
- Aug 28, 2014 Take the 30 day Challenge
- Aug 21, 2014 Live Long and Prosper
- Aug 14, 2014 Stealing Minds
- Aug 7, 2014 To Stand or Sit
- Aug 6, 2014 A Bridge to Nowhere
- Jul 31, 2014 Let Silence Speak
- Jul 24, 2014 You Are Not Alone
- Jul 16, 2014 Be Our Guardian
- Jul 10, 2014 Ugly Torah
- Jul 4, 2014 The Difference a Day Makes
- Jun 11, 2014 Good Neighbors
- Jun 9, 2014 Early Risers
- Jun 3, 2014 The Book of Empathy
- Jun 1, 2014 Our Hearts Weep
- May 28, 2014 The Name Game
- May 28, 2014 Ruth and the Ego Check
- May 20, 2014 Every Day Counts
- May 15, 2014 Naming Opportunities
- May 11, 2014 Trigger Happy/Sad
- Apr 28, 2014 The Book Thief
- Apr 23, 2014 Welcoming Distractions
- Apr 17, 2014 By Bread Alone
- Apr 10, 2014 A Sacred Lambchop
- Apr 2, 2014 Hametz and the Everyday Struggle
- Mar 26, 2014 Full of Kindness
- Mar 19, 2014 Welcoming Spring
- Mar 17, 2014 A Place Called Home
- Mar 12, 2014 Sacred Aging
- Mar 3, 2014 Temporary Housing
- Feb 19, 2014 Two Hearts
- Feb 5, 2014 Is Gossip Good for You?
- Feb 5, 2014 Yentas Unite!
- Jan 24, 2014 The Weight of Leadership
- Jan 22, 2014 Prison Blues
- Jan 13, 2014 Regret in the Flesh
- Jan 10, 2014 A Little Perspective
- Jan 8, 2014 Eat Something
2013
- Dec 24, 2013 Changing Years, Changing Lives
- Dec 19, 2013 Distance Yourself
- Dec 5, 2013 Sweet Revenge
- Nov 25, 2013 Familiar Strangers
- Nov 21, 2013 Ending Hunger
- Nov 14, 2013 Preserving History
- Nov 12, 2013 The Sound of Greatness
- Nov 7, 2013 Seeking Self-Respect
- Oct 23, 2013 Just Dozing
- Oct 21, 2013 Trust and Trustees
- Oct 16, 2013 Givers and Takers
- Oct 15, 2013 Givers and Takers
- Oct 3, 2013 Divine Study
- Sep 18, 2013 The Sukkot Challenge
- Sep 3, 2013 The Echo of Authenticity
- Aug 15, 2013 Hold onto the Mystery
- Aug 7, 2013 The Inner Voice of the Shofar
- Aug 1, 2013 In Pursuit of Excellence
- Jul 18, 2013 The Great Perhaps
- Jul 4, 2013 Let Freedom Ring
- Jun 12, 2013 Leaning In/Leaning Back
- Jun 6, 2013 Vulnerability
- May 28, 2013 Return to Memory
- May 22, 2013 Soft
- May 14, 2013 The Ten Commandments of Friendship
- May 7, 2013 Celebrating Wisdom
- May 1, 2013 The Stretch
- Apr 25, 2013 Shelter in Place
- Apr 18, 2013 Tax Season
- Apr 10, 2013 Life’s a Gamble
- Apr 4, 2013 Love’s Limits
- Mar 20, 2013 The Passover Jew
- Mar 20, 2013 The Passover Jew
- Mar 13, 2013 A Smokin’ Good Idea
- Mar 6, 2013 The Price of Nasty
- Feb 20, 2013 From Fasting to Feasting
- Feb 6, 2013 10,000 Hours
- Jan 30, 2013 Free John Bates
- Jan 18, 2013 A Friend in Need
2012
- Dec 31, 2012 Re-Generation
- Dec 26, 2012 Unaffiliated?
- Dec 12, 2012 Take It Outside
- Dec 5, 2012 To Redeem Suffering
- Nov 14, 2012 In God We Trust
- Nov 8, 2012 The Art of the Impossible
- Oct 24, 2012 The Valley of Decision
- Oct 18, 2012 The Hand of God
- Oct 16, 2012 Supporting Role
- Oct 5, 2012 A Pair of Shoes
- Sep 19, 2012 Peace on High
- Sep 12, 2012 Year in Review 5772
- Sep 6, 2012 Laugh a Little
- Aug 29, 2012 Return
- Aug 22, 2012 Travel Blessings
- Aug 15, 2012 Stiff Competition
- Jul 5, 2012 Fifty Shades of…
- May 16, 2012 Empowering Children
- Mar 27, 2012 The Flowering of Spring
- Mar 21, 2012 Breaking the Habit
- Feb 8, 2012 Truth and Fiction