Sometimes, Words Hurt More than Sticks and Stones
The old adage “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words shall never hurt me” was first recorded in the 1860s and is something parents have since used to soothe their children’s hurt feelings.
Rabbi Rebecca Einstein Schorr
At His Untraditional Bar Mitzvah, A Son With Autism Leads The Congregation
A piece of my soul died when we decided that my son Ben’s autism would necessitate a reexamination of a conventional bar mitzvah service.
A Different Kind Of Bar Mitzvah: Walking For Autism
Hidden away, they have been waiting for this day. To be used for the purpose for which they had been created. Beautifully, lovingly.
Two yads, the ritual object used to point to the text during Torah reading, given to Ben on his Consecration -- the ceremony
An Aching Heart
{This piece is based on a sermon that I delivered in 2005. Never did I imagine that my own family would endure such pain.
The Masks We Wear
The festival of Purim, with all of its frivolity, can also be understood as a lesson about the masks we wear. We all have them, those masks.
