Rabbis Without Borders
Rabbis Without Borders is a dynamic forum for exploring contemporary issues in the Jewish world and beyond. Written by rabbis of different denominations, viewpoints, and parts of the country, Rabbis Without Borders is a project of Clal – The National Jewish Center for Learning and Leadership.
Community Is Not Cherry Pie
Many of us love a good delicious piece of pie. It does not matter whether that pie is cherry, blueberry, ...
Where Were You?
The first two weeks of August my wife and I visited the Canadian Rockies which are magnificent. Most of the ...
Mars: One Blind Leap for Mankind
“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” -Genesis 1:1 … existence on this planet, a rather ...
The Media, Guns, and Turbans
It has been a week since the terrible shooting in a Sikh temple in Wisconsin. Life has continued and new ...
The Message our “Stuff” Sends
Hair Dye as HistoryWhile I have never used hair dye myself, I certainly watch my share of TV, and so ...
A new face of interfaith marriage
In the past couple of weeks I’ve had some very interesting enquiries from couples seeking to be married by a ...
“Wow! I Didn’t Know I Live in Such a Progressive Country!”
Having traveled frequently to Israel for the last decade, I have many amusing stories of security interviews before boarding flights ...
Justice in the City – A how-to?
I am not really the kind of person who recommends books. I periodically review them, but that’s different. They get ...
Does Prayer Work?
This week’s Torah portion begins with Moses’s request to enter the Promised Land.Deuteronomy 323. And I pleaded with the Lord ...
One Small PRAYvor
Prayer is a very personal and private thing. In fact, to be honest to a fault, let me say that ...