RK'Jill -- this is so amazing, I don't even know how to respond.  There's just too much here to digest.  Here I was thinking I would switch up Torah portions to focus on this year because I didn't know what else I could find in this one. ...

 While I agree that low-tech religion is good in many ways, technology has had some positive impact.  For example this website brings together many religious people to explore ideas together.  I also think things like Hebcal.com and even the ...

Beautiful vision of what I call "Miriam's Trial."  I wish I had your skill with poetry.  Guess, I'll have to be satisfied with Midrash writing in prose!  ............................................. Or ...

Beautiful article.  Doesn't the Torah say, "No other gods before me?"  That doesn't say you can't dance at Burning Man, check out a beltane ritual, or occasionally converse with Ganesha -- so long as you come home.  Oh ...

My stimulus check went straight to a local Food Bank.  They are desperate right now and I am not.  That money should go to the people who really need it and not to encourage average people to buy more stuff they really don't need. ...