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A Former Seminarian in Seminary, Mississippi

As a Mississippi transplant, Rabbi Matt Dreffin loves sharing his Jewish story—even when it's sometimes misunderstood.

Recreating the Rabbinate

In recent weeks, I was struck by a couple of conversations that got me thinking about what we do as ...

Non-Pulpit Rabbis Are Rabbis, Too

Why should the fact that I have a company that serves synagogues rather than in a synagogue make me an “other” in the Jewish professional community?

So You Want To Hire A Rabbi? 5 Tips to Make the Process Go Smoothly

If you have been engaged in this process you know how difficult it can be

What It Was Like To Grow Up Multiracial and Orthodox in a Hasidic Enclave

They were older than me, by at least five years, and I was afraid. Though my Satmar Hasidic neighbors were ...

The Torah of the Stateless and the Marginalized

What does it mean to be part of a social change movement?I recently was privileged to learn first-hand one way ...

Everyone Has One Sermon

They say that all rabbis have only one sermon.  If you’re lucky you have two, but when you look at the second ...

Reflections from an Orthodox Rabbi with a Trans Child

I’m writing this as the father of a transgender child, who feels constricted in a space too narrow to accept ...

From Looking Jewish to Being Jewish

Cultural anthropologists call it ‘going native’. You find yourself in the field as a participant observer of your host culture ...

Why the Haters Hate On Gabby Douglas

It feels almost cliché to say that I have loved watching Women’s Gymnastics during these 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio ...