Denominations
The Widening Scope of Gender Expression and Traditional Judaism
Orthodox feminism’s struggle for women’s leadership and ritual inclusion set a strong precedent for the recent consideration of the issues ...
Reading Esther and Coming of Age
The story of Esther teaches us many things, amongst them, that timing is everything.This year, the women’s Megillat Esther reading ...
A Judaism That Works For All
Last week my Facebook feed was busy lining up responses to two online articles that got a lot of professional ...
My Journey from the Closet to the Pulpit
Hear from more LGBTQ clergy, including Ariel Naveh, on the Keshet blog. Reading Ariel Naveh’s two-part story on the Keshet blog about ...
Seeking Shelter From The Cold
Much of the Eastern and Midwestern U.S. is ensconced in a ferocious cold spell today and tomorrow. Known as the ...
Southern & Conservative
I spend a lot of time with Conservatives in the South. Conservative Jews, in this case (probably not what most ...
The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
A number of recent essays have been swimming their way across the blogosphere and seem to have serendipitously swirled together. ...
“How I Met Your Rabbi” – Or, “How I Met Your Mother/Father God”?
Today’s post is from Education Fellow Amanda Winer. “Kids, let me tell you the story of how I met your ...
Patrilineal Pandemonium: What’s Behind All The Emotion?
Wow. It has been quite a busy week here at the Rabbis Without Borders blog discussing patrilineal descent and its ...
Patrilineal Descent: Why This Rabbi Feels No Angst
This past week, two of my Rabbis Without Borders colleagues have shared their perspectives and struggles with the religious identities ...
Patrilineal Jewish Descent: An Open Orthodox Approach
This week there has been much conversation online and offline on the Jewish status of people of patrilineal Jewish descent. ...
The Non-Jewish Rabbi? The Problem of Patrilineal Descent
Two articles posted earlier this week made reference to an individual who had been born to a Jewish father and ...