Asking Without Stressing
The mere act of asking is emotionally challenging. We don’t want to seem weak or stupid or be an imposition on others. So we hesitate to ask. We can update our perspective […]
Entries by R' Evan Krame
In Trust We God (all others pay cash)
New corporations like Uber and Air BnB remind us that the essential factor for an economy to exist is trust. Not capital, not skills, but trust. Certainly, the sharing economy […]
Bargaining with God
Be honest: at pivotal life moments – maybe when you thought nobody else was listening – you bargained with God. Maybe it was immature jitters (“Lemme get an ‘A’ on […]
Continuing the Journey
A journey of one thousand miles begins with a single step. How does a journey of three thousand years begin? When Abram’s father, Terach, leaves Ur to go to Canaan, […]
Steak Dinner for Noah?
I found one of the most absurd moments in Torah in the reading for this week, parashat Noah. One particular verse made me lose my appetite and tested my theology. […]
False Starts and the Art of Renewal
Beginnings tend to be messy: ask anyone who’s ever given birth, tilled the soil, sculpted, composed, or built something to last. By their nature, beginnings tend to begin unformed and […]
Creation and the Sukkah
Sukkot – the holiday called the time of our joy, Z’man Simchateinu. The sukkah, the structure which we erect for the holiday of sukkot evokes both the time of wandering […]
Have We Forgotten How to Remember?
For nearly 30 years I have practiced as a lawyer in the field of trusts and estates. I’ve referred to it as a practice in death, dying and disability. Not […]
The Poem of Your LIfe
What a week we’ve reached! The Days of Awe, days of introspection, Yom Kippur, rehearsing death (reminding us of our impermanent lives), reaching for the angels of our better and […]
High Holiday Poetry Slam
Have you been to a poetry slam? It’s a form of poetry competition. The poets present their works in a struggle for dominance. One doesn’t naturally associate poetry with a […]
Evan J. Krame was ordained as a rabbi by the