Here we are near the end of 2025. It has been a challenging year for many people who have suffered or witnessed losses. There have been many kinds of losses — loved ones, jobs, homes, benefits, trust ...

In synagogue this past Yom Kippur, someone handed me a machzor with a bookplate that read: “Dedicated by [X] in memory of Rabba Sara Hurwitz and Josh Abraham on the birth of Natan.” Thank God, my ...

Bless you! It is a line not much used anymore, except when someone sneezes. Previous generations, perhaps less reluctant to show their faith, used to say it as a way of acknowledging another’s act of ...