June 2015

Understanding Power

Another rabbinic scandal has come to light. Last week The New York Times published an article about Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt ...

The Wisdom of Love and Living

I have no idea how many b’nai mitzvah, baby namings, brises, et al I have officiated at. Nor how many ...

Name the Problem, Not the Person

I’m a skeptic when it comes to believing that every cloud has a silver lining. Some clouds do of course, ...

The Soul You Have Given Me (And The Spirits, Too)…

I grew up and live now in New Orleans. When people think of religion in New Orleans, they might think ...

Is Capitalism Hurting Synagogue Life?

“How big is your congregation?”This is the number one question I am asked as a congregational rabbi in settings of ...

Opening the Walls of Our Chuppah

There is a particular photograph that adorns the imagination of every engaged couple; it is of a young girl, age ...

Death is the end? Really?!

My mother’s birthday coincided with Shavuot this year. She would have been 76 years old, had she not died in ...

Fellow Farewell: Lex Found the Torah He Was Looking For in The South

We 21st century Jews like mentioning Hillel the Elder a lot. The man is one of few individuals on the ...

Seamlessly Chinese and Jewish

Recently at work, one of my co-workers, who is a Chinese originally from Taiwan, stopped by my desk to ask ...

Amanda Simpson: The First Transgender Individual to Hold An Executive Position

This June Keshet is so very excited to be partnering with the Jewish Women’s Archive to celebrate Pride. Each week ...