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 ...