Entries by R' Evan Krame

Get Up!

Part of an ongoing series about resilience in Jewish spiritual life. “I’m an optimist who worries a lot,” said former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright on NPR recently. In that phrase, […]

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Resilience After the Seder

Part of a yearlong series on resilience in Jewish spiritual life. This year’s Passover seder is history. Cups were filled and drunk and filled and spilled and drunk and filled […]

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Resilience After the Seder

Part of a yearlong series on resilience in Jewish spiritual life. This year’s Passover seder is history. Cups were filled and drunk and filled and spilled and drunk and filled […]

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THE KOAN OF SHRUNKEN SILENCE

Part of a yearlong series about resilience in Jewish spiritual life. The teacher of my teachers, Reb Zalman Schachter-Shalomi z”l, recounted that one of his children asked him about waking and […]

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On turning 60

Part of an ongoing series on resilience in Jewish spiritual life. I am determined to greet my 60th birthday with excitement. I am not merely counting the years that have […]

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Cut off

Part of a year-long series about resilience in Jewish spiritual life. The latest school shooting, in Parkland, Florida, got me thinking about the need for connection and those who feel […]

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On my heart

Can you pray for people who have done harm? The question seems absurd to me. Why would I turn to God on behalf of such people? What is the purpose […]

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Sanctuary Nation

Rabbis by the dozens were arrested this year at a Senate office building. What was their crime? They sat to protest on behalf of the dreamers, the young men and […]

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The Sapphire Path

Part of a yearlong series on resilience in Jewish spiritual life. Long before Frank Baum imagined Munchkins and “The Yellow Brick Road,” Jews had a “Sapphire Path” that, according to […]

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