Divrei Torah and Sermons
Trans Lives and Pikuach Nefesh
When I think about the stripping of access to trans medical care, we are denying the possibility of a full, rich life to trans people—especially trans youth. There is the increased possibility of life ending, whether through suicide, self-harm, or lack of access to hormones or surgeries. But there is also the denial of a fully-realized spiritual, emotional, and relational life.
On Public and Private Spaces
All we can do is choose which boundaries between public and private feel right to us, in this moment, knowing that it will change.
The Call Towards Radical Imagination
When we realize our lives will not turn out the way we planned, we are called to reach back toward our child-selves and re-access the imagination that flowed freely within us in our youth.
Yom Kippur: Turning and Returning
It is in these dizzying places that we find ourselves, the places where we lose our sense of self in the spin of the world and all its pain and joy.
DVAR: Yitro, Self-Awareness, and Boundaries
In other words, G!d says, here is how I want to be treated, because of who I am. As I read these lines, I thought about a moment a few weeks ago, when I led a training with Matir Asurim: Jewish Care Network for Incarcerated People.