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“dad” “please” “sign me out” “for 4th period” The above series of texts pop onto my phone in immediate succession late Thursday afternoon as I

Download PDF (free) Rabbi Brian’s Notes About Mourning* – Simple Definitions – * Grief is the final stage of love. It is love with no

Beloved reader, Today, I’d like to reintroduce myself—because some of you are new, and for many of you, it’s been a while. And sometimes, it’s

Beloved,   In the past few weeks, some things—things that usually don’t bother me—irked me.   Like the line at the grocery store.  It pissed

Most nights, for the last few months, at 7pm—the time we once banged pots and pans in appreciation of healthcare workers during COVID—I stand on

Jane and I, engaged to be married in about six months, are driving in her small white Honda Accord. We’re going from our newly-purchased home

I want to teach you how to cultivate patience in one aspect of your life. Actually, I’d like to teach you to have patience with

The route the dogs and I take on our three-times-a-day, once-around-the-block walks is governed by the presence of other people walking their dogs. My guys

For my twenty-fifth birthday, January 8, 1995, I decide to celebrate by getting stoned for the first time. I figure it will be fun. A

End of summer, 1994. A hot classroom on Hebrew Union’s downtown Los Angeles campus.  A dozen of us just back from our first-year of rabbinical school

December 2024 Portland, Oregon My family is out and I’m putting away items that have accumulated in the dish drainer. I’m on the phone with

On New Year’s Day, David D. Sicher died, becoming what one in Judaism euphemistically refers to as ‘of blessed memory.‘ As Jewish tradition emphasizes a

Hello. I’m Rabbi Brian. This is a new year, and this is the new, first 2025 issue of The 77% Weekly Newsletter. History!!!Where did the

  To play you’ll need: a person’s name an annoying thing that person does an idiom like “bang your head against a wall.” — _____ (person’s

  Jerusalem, 1993 Rabbi Ben Hollander stands at the front of the classroom in a wardrobe from the 1970s. You can tell, based on a