January 2016

Who are the Jewcurious?

Carolyn is Baptist. She always will be. And she comes to my synagogue regularly.By regularly, I mean she comes to ...

Former Fellow Flashback: Rachel, 2008-2010

This February, for the first time ever, the ISJL is hosting a reunion of all of the alumni of our ...

Catholics, Jews, Humanists and Muslims Meet: Confronting Interfaith Dialogue 50 Years Later

This past year marked the 50th anniversary of one of the most important documents of the 20th century. It has ...

Voting with Our Feet: Heeding the Call of ORA’s Rabbi Jeremy Stern

Rabbi Jeremy Stern, who serves as the Executive Director of the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (ORA) recently penned ...

At the Foot of the Mount

I wasn’t in the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial when Dr. Martin Luther King gave his great oration, and I ...

Beyond the Bimah

Tawonga just launched our very first bar and bat mitzvah training in the Bay Area, and I am so excited ...

#TBT: Reflecting on Last Week’s MLK Service Day

If you ever want to visit the ISJL office, make sure not to come on a Friday. Chances are, you ...

What Does the End of Racism Look Like?

The question was simple: “What would the world look like if there was no more racism?” I turned to my ...

Judaism is Increasingly Transdenominational — And That’s A Good Thing

The Jewish day school I attended for grade school and middle school was affiliated with the Conservative movement of Judaism. ...

After Creating Change: Standing in Solidarity

This past weekend, the National LGBTQ Task Force convened its annual Creating Change Conference. Founded in 1998, the Task Force’s ...