Rabbis Without Borders

A couple of years ago I learned about a new front in the internal Israeli struggle over religious freedom: gender ...

 A few posts ago, while the Supreme Court was still hearing arguments on the legality of the Healthcare Act, I ...

Reading Anne- Marie Slaughter’s article in The Atlantic, “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” has caused me to wonder, ...

A simple street scene glimpsed on the early morning commute. A woman in her forties dressed in a sari, a ...

In the midst of much activity in Israel in the ongoing push to ensure that women are not silenced or ...

Last year I was chatting with a member of my congregation over bagels with our Tot Shabbat families. She mentioned ...

There is an old joke about the itinerant maggid (preacher) who would go from town to town and give a ...

This is a guest post by Rabbi Darby Leigh.It was 1984 when Dee Snider first asked me what I wanted ...

Hope is a Jewish value. The Psalmist says “Hope in Adonai and be strong.” The national anthem of Israel is ...

Last Saturday evening I was given an opportunity to be part of a truly wonderful celebration – the Sweet 16 ...

Twenty-five years ago I stood with three classmates from the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College and received the title “rabbi.” After five ...

When stories are told, we sometimes see them through the lens of the characters, sometimes from the vantage point of ...