Conversion
My Jewish Son’s Love of Christmas
My wife and I are a multiracial couple. She’s Black. I’m White. Our 4-year-old son is biracial.My wife grew up ...
Total Immersion: How I Found New Meaning in an Ancient Ritual
Ten of us walked to the creek, each one carrying her own trepidation, confusion, and curiosity. We represented different approaches ...
Weekend at the Beach
In the Beginning, the friendship of three rabbis was created and nurtured at an annual Rabbis Without Borders alumni retreat.My plan was to enjoy a ...
Founding Father
Correction: The report of Rabbi Lerner’s retirement was greatly exaggerated.* T&V was celebrating his contributions to the Jewish People that ...
Why I Did a 180 on “Kosher Soul”
A friend tipped me off to a new reality TV show that was about to begin publicizing its pilot episode. ...
How to Welcome the Stranger: A Modern Midrash
1 in 6 contemporary Jews are new to Judaism. How are we supposed to welcome these converts? Rabbi Juan Mejia, a ...
Eating Bacon?
This is the third in a short series about adoption and multiracial Jewish families that Be’chol Lashon will be running over ...
Claiming Our Spiritual Ancestry
In the year 2000, I was still a newly-minted Jew, having completed my conversion in March of 1999. As Passover ...
Let’s Talk About Orthodox Conversion
I completed my Orthodox conversion with the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA) in 2011. My process was an incredibly positive ...
Forget the Man, Fix the System
This week marks the fifteenth anniversary of my conversion to Judaism.As for so many others, my process of entering into ...
Open the Mikveh During the Day
Vashti is a heroine of the Purim story because she chose not to expose her naked body to the Court despite ...
Freundel: Not Just an Orthodox Problem
Much has been written about the impact of Rabbi Barry Freundel on the Orthodox world. In a community that sees ...