Rabbis Without Borders
Liberalism, Loyalty and Israel
I am sad. I am scared. I am angry.Like many of you, over the last few weeks, I’ve been following ...
Reb Zalman’s Gift to Us All
On Thursday, I landed in San Francisco on the first day of a family vacation. As I turned my phone ...
Let It Go
I don’t normally see myself as a curmudgeon. Ever since I can remember, I have erred on the side of ...
A Special Person at a Special Time: Reb Zalman’s Jewish Renewal
Last Thursday, Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, founder of the Jewish Renewal movement, passed away, leaving his bodily existence for…well, for whatever ...
I Am Orthodox: Why Labels Matter
A few weeks ago Elad Nehorai of Pop Chassid posted a provocative piece entitled, “Jews, It’s Time To Abolish The ...
Please. Just Stop.
I do not want to write about the horrific deaths of the three Israeli boys. I had other things I ...
Corporations Are Not Religious
The Supreme Court gives corporations Freedom of Religion protection. Absurd. At the close of this season’s Supreme Court rulings, the ...
The Destination: Israel
I experience the world through Jewish history. I came by it honestly, having been a lifelong avid student of Jewish ...
Explaining the Unexplainable in Minsk
“Yes,” I told the baffled American immigration official, “I was in Belarus for a roots trip.” But this in no ...
Stop Trying to Get Everyone On the Same Page
While on the surface, the last two posts on this blog from my colleagues, Laura Duhan Kaplan and Joshua Ratner, are about ...
#BringBackOurYouthEngagement
On Sunday I helped organize a rally at our JCC in support of the three teenagers, Naftali Fraenkel, Eyal Yifrach, ...
Can Jews Unite?
The prayer book Siddur Eit Ratzon includes a contemporary prayer for Israel. “We affirm that it is possible for Jews ...