Jacki HonigPoor, old Michael Finnegan, begin again.Every year when reading V’Zot Habracha I get emotional. It tells us the story of the end of Moshe. G!d takes him up to see the land, he is…2 min read·Oct 16, 2022----
Jacki HonigCan you feel it like a train?Our world is so incredibly broken. Some days it feels like a whisper and sometimes it feels like a roar. This week I lost someone I love to…2 min read·Sep 25, 2022----
Jacki HonigAcharei Mot 2022 — Conservative Judaism + BisexualityThat’s it — that’s where I find myself in this verse. A human who believes in Torah and halacha and Jewish communal life, and also…5 min read·Jun 10, 2022----
Jacki HonigBrokeness, Hiking Boots, and SchleppingI have a whole file folder on my computer with various drashot I’ve given. Most of the time they have a VERY descriptive file name so that…4 min read·Feb 19, 2022----
Jacki HonigSass, Despair, Radical Hope, and DancingHere we are again. Distanced. Masked. Not where we thought we’d be. Here I am again, giving what feels like yet another one of far too many…4 min read·Jan 20, 2022----
Jacki HonigRosh Chodesh KislevTonight we mark the beginning of the Jewish month of Kislev — the month that will bring Chanukah and all it’s delights, and the end of the…2 min read·Nov 5, 2021----
Jacki HonigOn Rosh Hashanah, I spoke about brokenness and radical hope.I knew then, both as a general concept and in specificity, how broken our world was and is. And somehow, the my world has felt even more…2 min read·Sep 15, 2021----
Jacki HonigParshat Tazria 2021I don’t always share completed drashot that I write for school or otherwise, but this one feels different. Our professor, Rabbi Elianna…5 min read·Apr 15, 2021----
Jacki HonigIt could have been better. We have the receipts.Over and over this line goes through my head. Yes, it could have been worse. But oh could it have been better.2 min read·Dec 30, 2020----
Jacki HonigChanukah: Night 1Hand grated latkes from scratch are a labor of love. You don’t make scratch latkes for a stranger (generally). There’s the hand grating on…2 min read·Dec 11, 2020----