Interfaith
City Mouse, Country Mouse: Is Jewish Continuity a Fable?
I’m a city girl from North America, used to big city Judaism. I have grown up and worked in cities ...
Curated Jewish Experiences Can Happen in Congregations Too
At the end of last week, Ha’aretz published an important article by Debra Nussbaum Cohen, highlighting a number of enterprising ...
Why I Co-Officiate Interfaith Marriages
The most popular days to get engaged are Christmas (and I assume Hanukkah!), New Year’s Eve, and Valentine’s Day. That ...
The Year of the Bar Mitzvahs
The “Derby Bunch”, or “Six Pack” as my parents like to call them, are a motley crew of grandkids – ...
Violating Someone Else’s Sabbath
I recently received an email from my local synagogue‘s Brotherhood, asking for volunteers to help with some much-needed upkeep work ...
Who are the Jewcurious?
Carolyn is Baptist. She always will be. And she comes to my synagogue regularly.By regularly, I mean she comes to ...
Catholics, Jews, Humanists and Muslims Meet: Confronting Interfaith Dialogue 50 Years Later
This past year marked the 50th anniversary of one of the most important documents of the 20th century. It has ...
Getting More Comfortable With the Culture of Prayer in the South
In the South, people pray a lot. It’s all around us: on TV, on billboards, at football games, even at ...
A Hug and a (Christian) Prayer
“People from the United Church of Canada like to hug,” said my friend B.I filed this random fact away under ...
Rabbi, What’s Jesus’ Nickname?
Dear Rabbi,I have a question that has bothered me/intrigued me for years. What was Jesus’ true name? What was the ...
We Are a Nation of Immigrants
Last night I participated in my town of Westborough’s Interfaith Thanksgiving. Our program was entitled ‘Welcoming the Stranger’, recalling that ...
Does A Rabbi Have To Be A Role Model?
It’s over a month now since the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College announced that it would consider intermarried candidates for admission to ...