Publications

 Is Loneliness a Desert?, in Nothing So Whole as a Broken Heart, Ed. S. Eder and A. Zagoria-Moffet, Izzun Books, 2024

The God Who Cries, in We Rise: An Anthology of High Holiday Sermons Delivered the Year after October 7, Ed. M. Creditor, 2024

Commentary on Karpas, in A Quest for Our Times: The Louis Jacobs Haggadah, Ed. S. Eder and A. Zagoria-Moffet, Izzun Books, 2025

Jewish Chronicle, Zephaniah: the Mixed-Race Prophet

Jewish Chronicle, In the wake of the Roe v. Wade decision, Jews need to remember our duty to the vulnerable

Jewish Chronicle, Commentary on Parashat Noach

Jewish Chronicle, Commentary on Vayeitzei

Jewish Chronicle, Commentary on Vayechi

Jewish Chronicle, Commentary on Yitro

Jewish Chronicle, Commentary on Vayak'hel

929 Project, The Power of Balaam

929 Project, Is the Marriage Salvageable?

929 Project, Rend Your Hearts: To Deal With Evil And Chaos

929 Project, Pride Goes Before Destruction

929 Project, Showdown Between Priest and Prophet

929 Project, The God Of Jonah And The God Of Nineveh

929 Project, Portraits of Hope

929 Project, Message To Judah: Even The Mighty Must Fall

929 Project, A Psalm of Many Gods

929 Project, The Insider/Outsider

929 Project, Hope Prevails

Jewish Journal LA, Table for Five: Balak

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