David Gold Shana Tova I think the reason the Rabbi thought of me as someone to invite to say something about Ḥoni and the carob tree guy and the Longpath is that I spend most of my time working for…

Hilan Warshaw “The directory is being rebuilt.”There I was this past week, sitting in my home office, preparing the remarks that I am delivering to you now. Like we all do much of the time, I was multitasking. While I…

Emily SHapiro Rosh HaShanah seems like a perfect time to be thinking about time. It’s a new beginning and yet, also, a repetition. Rosh HaShanah comes round again and again and again, always followed by Yom Kippur ten days later,…

Michael Davidson Much of what I am going to say was captured long ago by a sage of the Ewe people of Ghana. When night or day approach, do we know what is going to happen to us on either…

Donna Katzin Seventeen years ago today – 9-11-2001 – I wake up at 6:30 a.m. in Tucson to participate in a socially responsible investment conference.  As I get dressed, I turn on the TV, and see the image of a…

Liz Emens A friend I admire once told me that, when she goes through her days, she can hear a whisper that says “kadosh, kadosh, kadosh”—holy, holy, holy—in the everyday sounds around her. On a good day, I can hear…

Written and presented by Lester Shane There is a moment in the theatre that always thrills me. The house lights go down. It is completely dark and absolutely silent. It is a moment of infinite possibility. Then the curtain goes…

Rabbi Steve Gutow I was honored when Lauren asked me to give one of the three talks today—talks I have enjoyed greatly over the years given by others on Day 2. Part of the enjoyment was the fact that many…

Jennifer Gerber Where do we find hope and inspiration? Our daughter Julianna is a 10-year-old cutie-pie with dark hair, bright grey-green eyes, and the softest fair skin. She does not walk or talk, she eats though a tube in her…

Claire Ullman I don’t mean to brag, but I now have my own personal shofar. It lives inside my head. It took up residence inside me at the time of the presidential election. The actual shofar of the high holiday…