Rabbis Without Borders
Bringing Rabbis and Scientists Together
Do Jews view science differently than other religious people do? What topics are most pressing or interesting in the Jewish community? And ...
A Funeral for a Friend
In my second year of rabbinic school, I was asked to officiate at the funeral of a friend’s dog. I ...
Meet Me at 10th Street
Tonight at 6 p.m. we will gather at the 10th Street entrance to Piedmont Park, in spiritual protest of police brutality and ...
Trusting in the Big Hands of a Gentle Giant
When the facilitator announced that we would be silently working in clay with our partners, I felt a bit of ...
Responding to the Call of Black Lives Matter
It seems lately the world is on fire. And every time things calm down, there is a new incident. Another ...
How My Writer’s Workshop Class was Hijacked by a Colleague
This will be my final post for the Rabbis Without Borders blog as I have chosen to focus my time ...
A Kavannah on White Privilege
I see the sirens appear in my rearview mirror as if out of nowhere. I quickly scan the road ahead ...
Is Prayer An Effective Response To Crisis?
So many dead in racial violence in one short, chaotic week. Dear Lord. Dear Lord.Whose heart isn’t breaking?Some people know exactly ...
How to Fall on Your Face: The Spiritual Art of Leadership
This post is for you if you ever felt small after receiving critique or challenge, or that a leadership burden is too heavy, or ...
What Korach can teach us about Brexit, and other political rebellions
I’m writing this post as I’m about to depart for Europe. First stop, London, and then on to Portugal. In ...
The Last Torah Blog
It’s time that the religious blog, if not all blogs, to go the way of the 8-track tape, and make ...
The Visibility Engine
Yesterday I read two articles, one called On the Invisibility of Middle-Aged Women, and the second called, Mom’s Invisible Hand:What ...