Torah

Two Israelis were stabbed last week, Israeli military and police response has continued, and leaders within Fatah have begun talking ...

Sarah our Matriarch passes from the world in this week’s Torah Portion, Hayei Sarah. It is a good opportunity to ...

Diversity is like a pizza pie. When I get my slice of pizza, I may feel as if no one ...

I can’t get anywhere without my phone’s GPS (which my wife and I have named “Miriam”). We’re so reliant on it that there ...

In honor of the upcoming annual observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance we are devoting space in our blog to posts ...

When LGBT Jews re-encounter their tradition on their own terms, they can experience spiritual risk, iconoclasm, and reimagined faith. One ...

This week, I’d like to focus on the self, not as the observer, but as the observed. Not when we ...

We criticize Abraham for not voicing protest of God’s horrific demand that he sacrifice Isaac. Yet, ultimately, Abraham did counter ...

I did not have Simchat Torah this year. Bold statement, right? Some of you are probably thinking that I must ...

 “Is she converting?”“Clearly, she is not from around here, I wonder if she is even Jewish.”“She must be someone’s nanny…”These ...