blogs/rabbi-huberman

On the morning after Hurricane Sandy, I finally—and truly—understood a prayer, which I had been reciting for many years.

“Praised are You, God who rules the universe creating light and fashioning darkness, ordaining the order of all creation.”

Do you remember that morning?

Chances are, if you lived on Long...Read more...

Today — Shavuot — marks the wedding anniversary between the Jewish people and God. 

It is probably the most important Jewish holiday. Yet, ironically, most people have never heard of it.

If you were to ask most people what holiday we are celebrating this weekend, chances they would answer "Memorial Day."

You are not alone.

Indeed, if...Read more...

In 1963, at 17, a singer named Lesley Sue Goldstein recorded a song, which in many ways came to define the feminist movement.

The song was written by John Madara and David White, who searched unsuccessfully for someone to perform it until it caught...Read more...

This week, a tightly packed manila envelope arrived at our home. When I opened it, it smelled a bit like 1966.

I had ordered its contents from eBay a week earlier, sparked by a vague memory triggered by the recent passing of legendary Mad Magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee.

As a young person, every month I would scan the magazine rack...Read more...

This past week, as clergy throughout the area were asked by the media for their Passover or Easter messages, I was particularly moved by the words of one rabbi.

Rabbi Matthew Gewirtz noted, “Kids today are spiritually ravenous, but institutionally suspicious.”

His words cut to the core of what many term a crisis within religion.Kids...Read more...