Rabbis Without Borders

Last week while I was visiting my hometown of Austin, Texas, I was moved to get a new pair of ...

One of my favorite Gary Larson cartoons features a boy in a classroom, hand raised, as he says: “May I ...

For all of Torah’s miracles large and small, the story of a talking donkey who sees an angel is perhaps ...

Same sex marriage is now the law of the land. The Supreme Court’s ruling last week in Obergefell v. Hodges ...

In (and out of) synagogues, campuses, JCCs, summer camps and religious schools, people are developing opinions about hot-button issues. As ...

What does the rebellion of Korach against Moses have to do with the Confederate flag? Korach is a close relative ...

I had no idea that the day I met Ali Abu Awwad would signal a radical turning point in my ...

My wife makes fun of me when we watch Pixar movies, because whenever I see Up or the Toy Story trilogy or ...

I was a 16-year old. My father (56), my younger sister (12) and I were walking home from the movies ...

Correction: The report of Rabbi Lerner’s retirement was greatly exaggerated.* T&V was celebrating his contributions to the Jewish People that ...

While the model is generally that students learn from teachers, yesterday I was reminded that teachers learn from students as ...

In this week’s Torah portion, Hukkat, Israel is given an interesting law. We are commanded to give a perfectly red ...