Sublime

the vision of Empowered Judaism is no dream—it is a fledgling reality they can connect to and help build.

receptive wonder and expectant silence.

Judaism refuses to fit into neat boxes or to allow unchecked dominance to any single set of values. Side by side with glorification of work and productivity, halacha insists on the sacred dignity of being.

The glory of Judaism is that there is no single voice. There’s no pope setting the key. So it’s a vast musical library.

Bias: To believe in G-d’s ultimate goodness, to know that blessings await us beneath the surface of our experience, no matter how bleak, to actively seek those blessings out, and to spread their light to the world beyond.

Halakhah is a process through which we can wrestle each other to achieve some measure of consensus.

In that moment Yishmael divests himself of his role as high priest and becomes only himself. He listens. He tries to overcome his fear and his preconceived notions. He wishes to be fully attentive, freed from his anxieties.

To be clear—someone is always going to be alienated from any community.

choice to either reach out to those God was reaching for or to hide behind my tradition.