Rabbis Without Borders

“Being a diplomat is no career for a woman who wants to have a family,” said the consul.“By the time ...

I recently returned from an amazing trip to Senegal.  I was there to visit my step-daughter who is serving in ...

The light turned green. But the cars ahead of me stayed still. Perfectly still. The light turned yellow. And then ...

“Because I am a Jew,” one person said. I had asked the participants of a class to tell me why ...

This question is part of the larger issue of immigration reform that will have to be faced by the Congress ...

The other day, I noticed, to my amusement, that Facebook had changed the status update a bit.  In place of ...

There are definitely times when I feel like I am single-handedly keeping Barnes and Noble in business. It was very ...

On Christmas morning, I’m reviewing the news online and I catch the Huffington Post’s summary of the Pope’s Christmas Eve ...

I couldn’t stop thinking about the opening scene from the Wizard of Oz –where the house spins wildly in the ...

If you are reading this after Friday, December 21, 2012, it means you survived the Mayan Apocalypse!!  Congratulations!!For those who ...

 Each year when I read the Joseph narratives in Genesis I discover something new. It is one of the joys for ...

Kabbalah is an attempt to understand the brokenness of the universe.The other night, my chevruta (Study partner) and I were ...