Rabbis Without Borders

As a child, I looked forward to Purim each year. I spent weeks planning my costume and savored the excitement ...

While there were quite a few excellent movies in 2012, my favorite, far and away was “Argo.” I saw it ...

A number of years ago, I was at a Purim party and a male friend attended wearing a dress, make ...

Last week, my colleagues Rabbis Rebecca Sirbu and Ben Greenberg shared their opinions here about whether rabbis should talk about Israel, ...

Purim is coming and the inhabitants of my house are giddy with anticipation. It has long been a favorite holiday ...

Affiliation rates are down in suburban Jewish communities across the country. Synagogue structures sit half-empty much of the year. Conservative ...

A professor friend of mine has been thinking about moments of interruption. How do we cope when they intrude upon ...

I’ve never, I have to admit, been a  big fan of mikvah. Nearly every month for many years now,  I ...

Pope Benedict says that he’ll be stepping down at the end of February. It’s been 600 years since a sitting ...

Well, that was an unexpected weekend! For those of you who do not live in the Northeast, we just got ...

Should rabbis talk about Israel? In years past, Israel was a subject which united people. You could always count on ...

I have a confession to make: I know very little about the African-American experience.There. I’ve said it.Just over fourteen percent ...