Rabbis Without Borders

Last Monday evening a light rain fell on the Capitol City where I live on 16th Street, a mile up ...

As an American-Israeli it is painful to watch Israel’s dirty laundry be aired out so publicly. I have been content ...

We shall overcome, we shall overcome, We shall overcome someday; Oh, Deep in my heart, I do believe, We shall ...

After hours of excruciating labor, the sweetest sound that can be heard is that of a crying baby.  That first ...

On January 9, 2011, a sweet singer of Israel, Debbie Friedman, passed away.  While her Hebrew yahrzeit is at the ...

Potato chips can be absolutely addicting. The marketing of processed foods in America has brilliantly caught us in our weakness ...

Every Thursday afternoon at my yeshiva college in Queens my Gemara rebbe (teacher of Talmud) would offer a short thought ...

There is an oft quoted description of Torah being a combination of black fire and white fire and, perhaps surprisingly, ...

“Who is the self that teaches?” asks the Quaker educator Parker J.Palmer in his book, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the ...

Passing a billboard saying, “Return of Christ May 21st, 2011” in Los Angeles is very different than passing a billboard ...

Happy New Year Everyone! I have spent a good part of the weekend reading Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. ...

For the first time in years, my husband and I have chosen to take a staycation.  Our parents and siblings ...