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.
Feeding While Fasting – A New Beginning
Across the world yesterday or today, Jews celebrate Simchat Torah, the conclusion of the Festival of Sukkot. Simchat Torah is ...
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RabbiCareers.com launched this month making it easier for a congregation, organization, or individual to find a rabbi for their needs. ...
Wind and Rain, Resilience and Abundance
Earlier this week in the Pacific Northwest we waited for a storm that wasn’t.A big storm of heavy rain and ...
Living With Death
Death is a problem. It is death that seems to suck the meaning out of life. If it is all ...
Yom Kippur Is Important. The Day After Is Even More So.
We sat in synagogue most, if not all, of the day. We didn’t eat. We thought about the ways we missed ...
Perhaps the Power is in Our Hands
Who in this day and age is free of worry? Anxiety is at it all time high in this country.And, ...
God Appears in Atlanta
“The whole earth trembles and dances when the God of freedom appears.” (Psalm 114)Reading Stephen Mitchell‘s rendering of psalms always makes ...
Meeting Angels
Last January 26 in the evening, I went to Manhattan to participate in a shiva minyan after the death of ...
A Global Conversion
The convert was in New South Wales. And the rabbis on the beit din were in Georgia, Tennessee, New York and New Mexico.
Rosh Hashanah: Get Woke
During the High Holiday period, we expect a great deal from ourselves. Putting aside the business of material holiday preparation ...