February 2015
Denominational Ins and Outs: The New Mishkan
Jewish life is turned around – so suggests this week’s Torah portion (Terumah) about the first Mishkan (ritual focus of ...
Ask Asher: All About Love
Have a question about LGBTQ life? Jewish life? LGBTQ Jewish Life? Ask Asher! Send your questions to AskAsher@keshetonline.org and you might be featured in ...
What Should Rabbis Talk About?
In recent weeks, several of my colleagues both on this blog and elsewhere, have written thoughtful articles on current issues ...
When Sam Met Sami: Making Time to Find Love
This month, in honor of Valentine’s Day, we are sharing love stories. We heard about a proposal at a Pride Parade ...
Why I Help Bring Jewish Music to the South
“So how long have you been a singer?”It’s a question I’ve been asked from time to time, and one that ...
A Daughter’s Response to “Mincha in the Midwest”
This past Simchat Torah, my mother began planning her synagogue’s first women’s mincha, afternoon service. She was inspired by the ...
Welcoming the Bride Modern Style
Since I released my latest music video, “Boee Kala,” many friends, fellow musicians, and community members have asked me questions ...
Israel or America?
Should the Jews of Europe move? And if so, to Israel or to America?“To the Jews of Europe and to ...
The Context of Hate
They did not know it was a Jewish cemetery. They did not intend it to be an act of Antisemtism.So ...
If a Chicken and a Half….
If a chicken and half takes a day and a half to lay an egg and a half, and if an eastbound train ...