March 2014

We’re Still Figuring Out What A Rabbi Looks Like

After you read this paragraph, close your eyes for a minute and picture a rabbi.Where is this rabbi?What is the ...

Jews Have an Obligation to Accept, Protect, and Value

I am a Modern Orthodox Jew. As a Jewish educator, I have written, spoken and taught about homosexuality and our ...

Prime-Time Drama

This post has been translated from Hebrew to English by Bracha Jaffe.Shabbat afternoon between the afternoon and evening prayers is ...

Is History a Prison or a Home?

In 1951 my family left the region in which they had lived since Nebuchadnezzar II took a bunch of Jews ...

Mensch Madness, Game 3: Mordechai vs. Moses!

In this alliterative Mensch Madness match up, Mordechai and Moses are about to meet!This match is tough, because both of ...

A Modern Passover Miracle

This modern Passover Miracle story is perfect for sharing with friends and family at your Seder. At Passover, every person ...

Double Booked: If It’s Good Enough for the Matriarchs

This post originally appeared on the Religious Action Center’s blog and has been reprinted here with permission.—In a recent conversation ...

Quotas: On Being Jewish in Pre-Revolutionary Russia and Soviet Russia

I keep thinking about a scene from one of my favorite childhood novels, The Road Disappears Into the Distance by Alexandra Brushtein. The ...

Remembering Hebrew School in Iranian Prison

I struggled to remember ever scrap of Judaism that I could. My family is secular. My mother feels uncomfortable in ...

Obamacare & You: Why the ACA Is Good for the Gays, and What More It Needs To Do

Rabbi (to be) Ari Naveh  recently shared how he balances the line between being a gay rabbi—and  a rabbi who ...