Denominations
The Messianic Concept in Reform Judaism
The Reform Movement's changing conception of the Messiah.
Should Women Thank God For Not Making Them Men?
A recent brouhaha has emerged in the Jewish blogosphere over Rabbi Ari Hart’s recent post, “Should I Thank God For ...
When Rabbis Go to Washington: a response to Yair Rosenberg
A couple of weeks ago, Yair Rosenberg wrote a thought-provoking article in the online Tablet Magazine, entitled ‘America’s Anti-Gun Theocrats: ...
The Kavannah for Gay Ordination
On March 26, 2007, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, the legal and spiritual center for Conservative Judaism in America, ...
Change from the Balcony
Today’s post features more Jewish history from Kentucky, the most recent state completed in our Encyclopedia of Southern Jewish Communities. When ...
Golda Och Academy Bans the Scouts, Stands for Inclusion
“To exclude same-sex families from membership and adult volunteerism is in direct contradiction of school policies, which place high value ...
Follow the Talmud or a Jewish Sharia?
No American Jew could have experienced a more inspiring introduction to Israel that I did upon arriving in darkness aboard ...
Mr. Prime Minister, Tear Down This Wall!
In June 1975, I was getting ready to leave Israel after a year of study. I bumped into a friend ...
Us and Them: We are the Same
Recently a Freshman at Harvard wrote about his first experience at the Harvard Hillel in a op ed to The ...
It Takes a Community: Katrina, Recovery, Resilience
Hurricane Katrina (and the man-made disaster of the levee breaks) struck Louisiana and Mississippi seven years ago today, with devastating ...
Women’s Voices: The Path to Religious Freedom
Is it kosher to listen to Neshama Carlebach in concert? Go to an opera where women are singing solos? Enjoy ...
Reform Women Rabbis Being Heard
In the midst of much activity in Israel in the ongoing push to ensure that women are not silenced or ...