Rabbis Without Borders
Rabbis Without Borders is a dynamic forum for exploring contemporary issues in the Jewish world and beyond. Written by rabbis of different denominations, viewpoints, and parts of the country, Rabbis Without Borders is a project of Clal – The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership.
What do Guns have to do with Passover? I’ll Tell You.
We have an average of 13,000 gun homicides a year in the United States.
See Different: Freedom After the Passover Seder
Don’t look now, but Passover’s not over.
Reconciliation takes many forms.
It hurts to be seen so negatively by others. To be a target of angry and bitter words.
Tzav
This parsha, detailing the priests' responsibilities and actions for five varied types of sacrifices, contains minutiae, apparently trivial specifics about a ritual which seem today, without the existence of a priestly class, irrelevant. But, oh, the words!
Writing Your Own Ketubah
A rabbi offers advice on writing your own Jewish wedding contract
What are we teaching our children?
I am aching because they are so gut-scared that they are looking for any "reasonable" avenue for survival in their school
Studying With my Father, 18 Years Dead
Will we ever be free of enumerating what we have, what we need, what will be enough, what will ensure our security, who will inherit, how much we can afford to give, who’s most needy or most worthy - all with a sense that there’s not enough to go around?