Religion: Giving and fear
We are experiencing a lot of fear these days.
Sometimes fear is legitimate and real. Other times, our fears are overblown and irrational. We call these kinds...
Religion: Becoming the best version of ourselves
If you were told to repent the day before you die, when should you start repenting? Right now!
Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur (10 days...
Religion: See your neighbors, don’t watch them
The last time I wrote this column, I argued that “faith at its best does not teach us to fear our neighbors. It teaches...
Religion: Let’s be clear
In this space in the last month, colleagues from different traditions have written about positive actions one may take in these times that are...
As school begins, make a fresh start
This time of year, many of us think about going back to school, for ourselves or for our children or grandchildren. There are all...
Rabbi Mendel Liberow: Why I’m thankful for my Israel trip that wasn’t
I was supposed to be in Israel today.
To be precise, this morning, I was going to wake up in a quaint hotel near the...
Religion: A unique pioneer holiday
The last week or two in July can mean a number of things. For children, summer vacation is starting to wrap up and thoughts...
Religion: ‘Perhaps you were created for such a time as this’
Think about a time in your life where you displayed courage. What gave you the strength to engage in this action?
The Latin root of...
Religion: The meaning and observance of Yom Kippur
Yom Kippur—the Day of Atonement—is Judaism’s most solemn holy day, but its enduring power lies not in sadness. It lies in the radical proposition...
Rabbi Mendel Liberow: The Jewish New Year
P.T. Barnum famously said, “There’s no such thing as bad publicity.” What he meant by that was that it doesn’t matter as much what...
