Rabbis Without Borders

Last September, one of the kindest and loveliest of my friends and colleagues was diagnosed with an aggressive form of ...

1. Am I living the life I want? Yup, that’s a big one to contemplate. Even a bit scary. But ...

When I was a kid, I would always leave the service on Yom Kippur day when it came time for ...

One of the things I most love about the High Holidays is their focus on universality. During the rest of ...

I’ve learned my lesson. I’m just saying no to The Container Store.The Container Store is an amazing place. They stock ...

It’s not even Rosh Hashanah, and some people are already talking about Hanukkah! There’s a new children’s book: Shmelf the ...

If you had walked into Washington D.C.’s L’Enfant Plaza on the morning of January 12, 2007, you would have been ...

I have enjoyed a number of rousing conversations with more traditional colleagues about evidence (or lack thereof) of Divine revelation ...

Rosh Hashanah is coming. I know, because rabbinic colleagues are posting on Facebook about their daily preparation of sermons, and Jewish blogs ...

I went shopping for a new tallit (prayer shawl) at two competing Boston Judaica shops last week. In both stores I ...

My favorite Hasidic teaching is a teaching about prayer couched in a homily on Noah’s Ark. God tells Noah to make ...

Young statisticians in love. Can you imagine their wedding? If you do, please don’t imagine anything stuffy or stilted. Because ...