Rabbis Without Borders

There is a real difference between counseling an individual who has experienced a traumatic moment and experiencing a traumatic moment ...

As a rabbi and an activist, I often get called upon to speak at interfaith events of various sorts.  Over ...

“Everything is rent.” – Rent, by Jonathan LarsonThis week our Jewish high school put on a production of Rent, a ...

It was January 2007, almost exactly six years ago. I was sitting in my office, reviewing a dense corporate document ...

Every day, I do the New York Times crossword puzzle. It truly is a ritual for me, almost as sacred ...

Last week I was following the dialogue and reflections of two of my Rabbis Without Borders colleagues on the topic ...

With Purim just a month from now, the internet is just starting to entertain with the usual, and welcome, plethora ...

 There is an old joke about the Israeli fellow who would always ask people for the time. People would get irritated, ...

I recently was reading an article that happened to mention an interesting study. In the study, researchers in the 1970’s ...

“I propose that you, Mr. President, declare a state of moral emergency.  A Marshal Plan for aid to negroes is ...

Are you on the freedom bandwagon yet? Celebrations of the concept of freedom seem to be permeating the cultural-political zeitgeist ...

The Jewish community needs to gain some self-confidence. We are like the beautiful teenage girl who looks in the mirror ...