A Kol Nidre sermon about life and death. On Yom Kippur we ask the question, "Who will live and who will die?" These questions are not merely theoretical. We only have one life to live -- what is truly important in life? When tomorrow isn't guaranteed, we have to ask ourselves today: are we living the life we want?

We cannot claim to care about the hostages and then support actions which directly put their lives in danger.

A poem in response to the US presidential election

A couple years ago, one of my professors died from an illness we all hoped she’d recover from. The whole college was in mourning over...