Rabbis Without Borders

Back to School: There’s a Prayer for That

I feel a little anxiety. A little sadness. I’m excited, but also a little helpless. For the first time, my ...

Back in August, when I last posted for this blog, I was on my way to visit the URJ Six ...

My favorite pastime in the summer is going to my local town pool. There I can sit in the sun, ...

Six weeks from now when the world and the Jewish People experience another Rosh Hashanah, we will stand before God ...

“Are you an angry feminist?”I was recalling an awkward but critical discussion I had once had, to Andrea Hodos a ...

Last night marked the beginning of the holiday of Tu B’Av. If you’ve never heard of it, you’re not alone. ...

Each time my wife and I think we have moved past one parenting issue, a new one arises. Our son starts ...

It feels almost cliché to say that I have loved watching Women’s Gymnastics during these 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio ...

Reasonable risk seems like an oxymoron. I checked a list of examples to see if it appeared, beside “open secret” ...

Dear Rabbi,I’m getting married! And I’m wondering if you’ll officiate. The wedding will be before sunset on Saturday and, well, ...

Or Shalom, Vancouver’s East-Side Shul, the synagogue I serve as spiritual leader, is a community of 200 households that has ...

Towards the beginning of the Tractate Berachot (27b-28a) in the Talmud, there is a story about Rabban Gamaliel (the second ...