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.
Words Matter
Last night, as the Republican debate began, a Facebook friend wrote that she was having her own internal debate about ...
Lord Jonathan Sacks, Templeton Laureate
On March 2nd, Lord Jonathan Sacks was awarded the 2016 Templeton Prize, which “honors a living person who has made an ...
I Am Spiritual, Not Religious
A couple of years ago, I finally fulfilled one of the dreams of my calling. I preached a Sunday sermon ...
Showing Up
I remember asking, just before the photographer took the picture, “Should we smile, or look serious?” My rabbi quipped, “I ...
Show Me Your Face
I am what you might call an alternative peace activist. The return to the biblical heartland of Israel — Judea and ...
When A Friend Dies
On extending Jewish mourning rituals to non-traditional mourners.
Never Talk About These 2 Things at Your Dinner Table?
When I was growing up the common wisdom was, if possible, to avoid conversations of religion and politics around the dinner ...
Full with Emptiness
In the last weeks’ Torah readings (Terumah, Tetzaveh and Ki Tissa), our sacred myth has amplified the problem of human longing for ...
Pope Francis is Wrong to Criticize Trump’s Faith
A few years ago I was a first-time guest on a news radio show on Detroit’s National Public Radio (NPR) ...
How Jewish Is Bernie Sanders?
How Jewish is Bernie Sanders? This question rose to the surface after Sanders’ historic victory in the New Hampshire Democratic ...