Rabbis Without Borders
Three Tips for Talking about Intermarriage and Israel
Last week, two different positions on intermarriage were shared by rabbis who write for this blog. Seth Goldstein wrote in ...
Just Curious…
I can recall, apparently with terrific inaccuracy, hearing a kindergarten story about an incorrigible feline who poked his nose into ...
Intermarriage and the Jewish Garden
Over the next few weeks, the Torah portions we are reading obsess about two terms with which translators struggle mightily. ...
What We Are Not Asking When We Talk About Intermarriage
Monday in the JTA, Rabbi Seymour Rosenbloom published an op-ed in which he argued that it was time that Conservative rabbis officiate ...
Dealing with a New Place
Last Thursday my family moved to a new house. I love our new house. It’s beautiful, bigger than the old ...
Let’s Talk About Sex!
In my childhood, there were few things that the Orthodox rabbis charged with my daily education and my secular anti-religious ...
“Cool” is a Red Herring. Aim for Quality.
What draws people to come to religious services?It’s a question that has bedeviled clergy and dedicated lay leaders over the ...
AIPAC, Trump and Civility Through the Eyes of a Teenager
I was woken up last week, early Tuesday morning to be told by television producers for the news program on ...
The Healing of Spirit
“It’s not serious,” the doctor tells me. “In fact, it’s fairly common. One week on antibiotics will knock this right out ...
A Different Reality
I was sitting with a member of the Palestinian Liberation Organization’s Committee for Interaction with Israeli Society, Dr. Fathi Darwish, ...
Adult Circumcision: Not Required
I have been working with a married couple towards conversion. They have completed their learning, their years of living Jewishly, ...
IF We Build This World In Love
This week’s Torah portion, Tzav, ends with a ceremony consecrating the first Israelite priests, Aaron and his sons. The blood ...