Rabbis Without Borders

This is a guest post by Zahara Zahav, Rabbis Without Borders Program Manager“Thank you for not forgetting about us, Rabbi.”These ...

Although it might be awkward to articulate the breadth and depth of human qualities we aspire to, it is not ...

The first time I officiated at a bar mitzvah was when I was the visiting rabbi at a young congregation in ...

I don’t like to write political posts. Not because I have no political opinions. But because they attract edgy comments.You ...

Scientists report that playing a game like Rock Band  can make you more caring – and the reason touches the core of what ...

Last night we moved from Yom Hazikaron to Yom Ha’atzmaut – from Remembrance Day to Independence Day in Israel. We ...

Mazel Tov, Young Graduates!You’ve done it! Your hard work has paid off. We put hoop after hoop in front you, ...

It is totally human to feel righteous indignation and even justified anger. And unless we were born as saints of ...

It’s ordination season. After years of hard work, both theoretical and practical, a number of rabbinic and cantorial students will ...

With Mother’s Day approaching, let’s take a moment to celebrate mothers.There is no single vision of the Jewish mother. Jewish ...

As Passover draws to a close this weekend, I’m thinking about two things: a pizza binge on Friday night and ...

Jewish ritual is complicated. Take the most recent ritual we just celebrated, the seder. It has 14 steps, each of which is to ...