2013

In honor of Yom Kippur, this week we bring you two queer takes on The Book of Jonah. Tomorrow, poet ...

In 2009, President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, with a simple, moving speech. He spoke of the challenge of ...

Wishing y’all a year full of health, happiness, and hope, wherever you live! 

In my novel,  Margot , I reimagine Margot Frank, Anne’s older sister, having survived the war and come to Philadelphia where ...

A couple of years ago I was walking to synagogue with my two boys on the morning of Rosh Hashanah, ...

cross-posted from Rabbi Gurevitz’ blog, ‘Raise it Up’   One of the images found in the High Holiday liturgy is ...

A few weeks ago, in a parking lot in Montreal, with hip-hop music blaring from oversized speakers, and lanes delineated ...

My grandfather was a  Kohen , which I’ve learned (thanks to Google) means he was a Jewish priest, a descendant ...

At the conclusion of Yom Kippur services, the rabbi was standing at the door shaking hands as the congregation departed. ...

Rabbi Reuben Zellman delivered this D’var Torah on Erev Rosh HaShanah in 2006 at Congregation Sha’ar Zahav in San Francisco. ...