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Rabbis Without Borders, Sukkot
Sukkot and a New Ecosystem of Jewish Leadership
By Rabbi Benjamin Spratt and Rabbi Joshua Stanton A teaching from Sukkot merits our attention. Amid the building of huts ...
Live, Rabbis Without Borders, Women & Feminism
We Shall Overcome Someday!
We shall overcome, we shall overcome, We shall overcome someday; Oh, Deep in my heart, I do believe, We shall ...
A Funeral for a Friend
In my second year of rabbinic school, I was asked to officiate at the funeral of a friend’s dog. I ...
Who Was Gedaliah?
Why we fast on the anniversary of his death.
Celebrate, Passover, Rabbis Without Borders
Tzom Bechorot: Why I’m Fasting Before Passover
April 3, 2015, is Tzom Bechorot, Fast of the Firstborn when first-born Jews fast before the first seder of Passover. This day also ...
A Jewish Weaning Ceremony
The celebration of an infant's weaning goes back to the feast Abraham held for his son Isaac.
I Tried 18 Pickle-Flavored Items and I’ll Tell You Which Are a Shandah
From pickle-flavored popsicles to pickle-y hot dogs in a blanket and everything in between.
It’s Time for a New Calendar
I have a rich undergraduate memory of a professor teaching about communities. She said that one of the key aspects ...
How To Create Your Own At-Home Kaddish Minyan
Every Tuesday for a year, we came together — for a memorial service, yes, but also to experience Jewish community in a new way.
Moses Rewrites History
Why does Moses change his story as he retells it at the end of his life?