Rabbis Without Borders

“How do I go on?”  I was asked recently at a service following the death of a beautiful woman in ...

Sukkot was never a big deal for me when growing up. Coming so soon after the pomp and circumstance of ...

I admit that I’ve never been particularly hip.Even as a teenager, at best I was probably pretty geeky, and what’s ...

I believe that pulpit rabbis have an obligation to frame issues of the day in a moral lens even when ...

In 2009, President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, with a simple, moving speech. He spoke of the challenge of ...

cross-posted from Rabbi Gurevitz’ blog, ‘Raise it Up’   One of the images found in the High Holiday liturgy is ...

At the conclusion of Yom Kippur services, the rabbi was standing at the door shaking hands as the congregation departed. ...

Two weeks ago I posted a piece responding to some articles on patrilineality which provoked several excellent other blog posts ...

I’m advocating a new angle on Heshbon Nefesh, ‘soul’s accounting’, that we do in preparation to the High Holidays of ...

This week America commemorates the fiftieth anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, the massive event in ...

First thing in the morning, I like to take a 3-block walk to the Grind Café and Gallery on Main ...

Here is a radical proposal for the New Year, forget the guilt, instead, lean into what you love to become ...