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Fasting For A Tolerant and Pluralistic Israel

#BlackLivesMatter has generated a wave of rebuke from the American Jewish establishment ever since it published its online Platform on ...

Let’s Disrupt Income Inequality

Vancouver, Canada can be an expensive Paradise.Our family is lucky to live in a diverse neighborhood, with cottages that sell ...

Hitler Speaks at My Jewish Summer Camp

It was mid-morning on a Wednesday. I was serving as visiting faculty at our regional Reform Jewish overnight camp and ...

Nowhere to Run (And a Good Thing, Too)

Three friends are having a hard time. One laments being lonely unpartnered. Another tends a spouse with a tough prognosis. ...

Who Am I? And Other Great Questions that Science and Religion Explore

Today I’m off to the URJ (Union for Reform Judaism) 6 Points Sci-Tech Academy in Byfield, MA. It is just an ...

18 Years in the Rabbinate – 18 Lessons Learned

I love being a rabbi. I cannot imagine doing or being anything else. I am proud of my work for ...

Grit and Grace

I began rabbinical school in 1994, nine years after the Conservative Movement ordained Amy Eilberg in 1985. I was young ...

Daughters of Change

This week’s Torah portion (Parshat Pinhas) is one of the two in which Serach, the daughter of Asher, the son ...

Why Tim Kaine is Good for the Jews (And It’s Not Because of Israel)

It’s convention season as the major parties gather together to formally nominate their candidates for President of the United States. ...

Towards A More Perfect Union

It’s Monday evening, July 25, and I’m watching the Democratic National Convention. Senator Cory Booker, a dynamic and powerful speaker ...

What Does It Mean To Be A Teacher?

Picture yourself as an Educational Director or Educator search committee. There is a position open, and you have narrowed the ...

Super Mario Bros. and an Inclusive Jewish Community

I love this video. The sounds bring me back to my childhood. Having grown up in the 80s, Super Mario ...

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