Genealogy
- Brothers, Descendants, Esau, Family, Genealogy, Jacob, Parsha, Reconciliation, Relationship, Thanksgiving, Vayishlah
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Thanksgiving is described by people as both a wonderful time of joining with family and friends to feast and be together and a few days that can seem like an eternity of never-ending…
- Abraham, Burial, Chayyei Sarah, Death, Descendants, Favor, Genealogy, Grave, Hebron, Horeb, Isaac, Life, Love, Marriage, Matriarchs, Parsha, Patriarchs, Prayer, Rebekah, Sarah
It’s All About My Sister…
…but it shouldn’t go to her head! Yes, my sister Sarah is named after Abraham’s wife (after the name change – Sarah of the promise as our father likes to say). The parsha…
- Abimelech, Abraham, Akedah, Be'er Sheva, Destruction, Genealogy, Hagar, Isaac, Ishmael, Laughter, Lot, Moab, Parsha, Prayer, Sarah, Sodom, Temple Mount, Vayera
The Bible is…Funny?!
This week’s parsha (Va-yera) starts with a story about laughter – well, after being preceded by three particularly mysterious characters. They are vexing in the lack of characterization, and so throughout the centuries…
- Bagels, Board of Governors, Cincinnati, Downtown, Exploration, Family, Genealogy, High Holidays, HUC, Neighborhoods, October, PhD, Shabbat, Synagogues, Textbooks, Travel, Visitors
The Turning of the Leaves of Time
Parsha is pleasant and perplexing, but it’s high time for an update about my program and Cincinnati life! October isn’t even halfway done yet, but holds much in store to perpetuate my excitement.…
- Abraham Joshua Heschel, Al Chet, Atonement, Cincinnati, Genealogy, High Holidays, Holiness, Jewish, Jonah, JTS, Liturgy, Love, Prayer, Presence, Reflection, Relationship, Repentance, Sovereignty, Synagogues, Yom Kippur
Close to Angels
This year was my first Yom Kippur spent in Cincinnati, and I davened at Adath Israel, a Conservative congregation where my ancestors attended when they lived in the area. It was a fantastic…