Lane IgoudinHigh Holidays during the Pandemic: A Spiritual Opportunity?Every year, I look forward to High Holidays: the blasts of the shofar and the uplifting New Year chant on Rosh Hashanah, our cantor’s...
Lane IgoudinSetting the Right Intention with Morning Prayers - Part Two: Acknowledging Body and SoulIn the Buddhist tradition, the first step towards wisdom and liberation from suffering is having the right view, or, in the words of the...
Lane IgoudinSetting the Right Intention with Morning Prayers - Part One: A Personal LiturgyMy Hebrew name is Akiva ben Ariel. Akiva comes from Yaakov, ‘the follower’ of his twin brother Esau in Genesis; Ariel being my father’s...