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.
We Shall Overcome Someday!
We shall overcome, we shall overcome, We shall overcome someday; Oh, Deep in my heart, I do believe, We shall ...
Crying Out from the Mountaintop with Moshe and Martin
After hours of excruciating labor, the sweetest sound that can be heard is that of a crying baby. That first ...
Remembering Debbie… one year on
On January 9, 2011, a sweet singer of Israel, Debbie Friedman, passed away. While her Hebrew yahrzeit is at the ...
Bet You Can’t Eat Just One!
Potato chips can be absolutely addicting. The marketing of processed foods in America has brilliantly caught us in our weakness ...
The Holiness of Vacation
Every Thursday afternoon at my yeshiva college in Queens my Gemara rebbe (teacher of Talmud) would offer a short thought ...
Exile, Authenticity and Truth
There is an oft quoted description of Torah being a combination of black fire and white fire and, perhaps surprisingly, ...
A Spiritual Approach to Jewish Education
“Who is the self that teaches?” asks the Quaker educator Parker J.Palmer in his book, The Courage to Teach: Exploring the ...
Judgment Day: See you in “Bell”
Passing a billboard saying, “Return of Christ May 21st, 2011” in Los Angeles is very different than passing a billboard ...
Dream Big
Happy New Year Everyone! I have spent a good part of the weekend reading Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs. ...
The Ultimate Jewish Staycation
For the first time in years, my husband and I have chosen to take a staycation. Our parents and siblings ...