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.
As Different as Sour Cream and Applesauce, and Yet…
It is the season of latkes, which means you will hear many arguments over which condiment is the best to ...
Reconciliation Within the Family and Beyond the Family
The Book of Genesis is nothing if not a story of dysfunctional families.Adam and Eve, Cain and Abel, Hagar, Sarah ...
An American Hanukkah Story of Resistance
Hanukkah is a time for celebrating the power of light to dispel darkness, so this year I’m setting aside the ...
Why I’m Not Afraid of Natalie Portman’s Christmas Tree
Jewish actress Natalie Portman announced to Jimmy Fallon that she is going to have a Christmas tree for the first ...
The More We Look, the More We See
My three-year-old daughter doesn’t miss a thing. She notices when we move the snow shovels from one side of the garage ...
Grappling With the Mysteries of Creation
It happens every year like clockwork.I enter the kindergarten where the children are waiting in anticipation. Before I have a ...
I Am Not Afraid
Are you afraid of things that go bump in the night? I was, but I’ve been taking a course — well, ...
Would You Resist?
I am a rabbi. I am 46 years old. I am also the granddaughter and grand-niece of Germans who were ...
Going Back Isn’t an Option
It seems that we have entered a new era. Taking in the news, it seems to be an open season ...
Be All That You Can Be
In 1996, I fell in love with Marsha Falk’s feminist revision of the blessing I’d been giving my daughters every ...