Sublime

As Rabbi Telushkin wrote, “The purpose of Jewish existence is not to eat Jewish foods, or tell Jewish jokes, or use Yiddish*10 words. It is to fight evil and to reduce suffering in the world.”

We cultivate the practice of responding to ourselves and others with compassion and kindness.

it is a mitzvah for family love to flow outward.

In recent years, the synagogue world has become obsessed with welcoming people into the worship space—and not just Kiddush, but the service itself.

Intensifying positive activities after a loss helps foster a heightened sense of purpose and can be an effective means of achieving comfort.

Jewish theology insists that genuine self-worth is never competitive or comparative, never purchased at the expense of others. The source of my value, and theirs, is ultimately one and the same: we are all created in the image of God.24

Since he can disguise himself as anyone—from a royal minister to a slave—one of the lessons he imparts is that whomever we encounter might be Elijah and should be treated accordingly. His greatest miracle is transforming how people act toward one another.

even for the leaders of this form of Judaism, life is not linear, and serious progress is often the result of messy journeys.