Rabbis Without Borders
Corporate Greed Leads to Grandma’s Drug Problem
“Johnson & Johnson agreed to pay a total of $2.2 billion and plead guilty to a misdemeanor in a deal ...
Rabbi Composes A New Torah
Imagine the uproar that would happen if a rabbi said that he or she composed a new Torah. The rabbi ...
Who Will My Daughter Be?
On October 1 (and about four and half weeks early), my wife and I welcomed our daughter into the world. ...
Ghosts, Spirits, and Jewish wanderings in the Afterlife
My colleagues Joshua Ratner and Alana Suskin have offered their perspectives on kids trick or treating, and generally engaging (or ...
A Halloween With Jewish Values?
Lately it seems like Halloween has becomes a Rorschach test for how Jews feel about assimilation. As expressed in this eloquent blog ...
Rabbis Without Borders Named As Most Innovative Jewish Program
Rabbis Without Borders is thrilled to be listed in the new Slingshot Guide of The Top 50 Most innovative Jewish ...
The Demise of the Chief Rabbinate
In the spring of 1921, Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaKohen Kook became the first Chief Rabbi of the Land of Israel ...
Why I Don’t Let My Kids Trick-or-Treat
Below, Rabbi Alana Suskin explains why her family doesn’t trick-or-treat. To hear from another Jewish mom with a different perspective, ...
A Whole Lot of Love
What if God took note of every mistake you made and considered it a glorious seed for a profoundly better future? ...
Yitzhak Rabin: Captain, O My Captain!
The yahrzeit for slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, passed with scant notice here a few days ago on the 12th of ...
Death and Rebirth: A Holocaust Complex
If I lived alone on Planet Laura, I would stop writing about the Pew survey, in protest against unproductive, polarized ...
A Blessing for a Surrogate Mother
“Do you know of a prayer for a surrogate?” The question came over Facebook Chat a few nights ago, sent ...