It's awfully hard to start over. It must be. How else to explain the annual orgy of Jewish "ready-set-go" holidays?

Rosh Hashanah, the "head" of the year, is merely the starting bell. (And I'm leaving out the whole month of Elul with those shofar blasts telling you to get ready,...

My little girl sat on the bench beside me. It was summertime; we were on vacation near the sea while waiting for the clock to chime our dinner reservation table. This would be one of her first grown-up restaurant meals, and we were excited at the prospect.

We were people-watching...

I get invited to talk at temples: big ones and little ones; Reform, Reconstructionist, and Conservative. As much as I dislike the travel, I like meeting the people, who always make me think.

After my presentation at a smallish Midwestern synagogue last spring, I was schmoozing over the dessert...