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.
Turn the Prism One More Time
To be honest, I really struggle in these months before an election. The tsunami of political rhetoric in and of ...
The Project of Leadership
Most people find this section (the final chapters of Exodus and first few chapters of Leviticus) of the Torah pretty ...
Where Are You @?
I was in college in the early ’90s when I got my first email address. After my roommate came home one ...
Find Out About Your Loved Ones
As a rabbi, one of the life-cycle processes I accompany people through is the funeral. When a person dies, burying ...
When You Don’t Know What To Say
The advent of the new Facebook react buttons, ‘love,’ ‘ha, ha,’ ‘wow,’ ‘sad’ and ‘angry’ has expanded our ability to ...
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 ...