An interesting aspect of hearing people use biblically based phrases is that they often don’t realize the phrases originated ...

This piece was originally delivered as a sermon titled “The Cries of Isaac and Ishmael” at Central Synagogue on the first day of Rosh Hashanah in 2025.

I am utterly bowed down and brought very low; I go about mourning all the day long.” The psalms journey with us from birth to death, and are alongside us as we navigate every twist and turn of our ...