Have you heard the latest? "She is SUCH a Dena." Truth--- it's actually another popular Jewish name (hint; begins with a K) that has taken center stage in 2020, but I am proposing a new one.

I don’t shake hands. Well, at least not with most adult males. I politely decline the hand offered to me. “I am sorry, I don’t shake hands for religious reasons, nothing personal”

Who runs the world? It’s a question asked by theologians and pop culture alike. It seems that more than ever, people are caught up with power and who is in control.

The parallels with Yom Kippur are at the heart of the paradox of finding order in chaos. I recently gave a workshop at the Chabad women’s conference in New York. The talk was about the struggle of parenting while co-directing a Chabad center.

A guest came to our Chabad House to celebrate the birthday of his friend, a regular Shabbat congregant. The guest approached me during the meal after services, saying he was going to be speaking

I was born in Berkeley, California in 1975. Berkeley’s most prominent feature is UC Berkeley, often considered the top public University in the United States. It is renowned for its brilliant students and professors, and its extreme liberalism.