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.
Re-creating Ethics with My Daughter
My two-year-old is now in the stage where my wife and I are torn between encouraging our daughter’s independence and our need ...
More than Enough: So Hard to Say Thank You
I remember when my eldest child(now 11) first learned to say the words, “Thank you.” At first, I was happy ...
Exceeded Expectations
There is a famous story in the Talmud that describes several rabbis arguing about whether a fellow’s oven is fit ...
The Closer You Are, The Less You See
It took a Protestant pastor from Reston, Virginia to introduce me to my Palestinian neighbors. It happened two years ago, and it changed my life.
Who are the Jewcurious?
Carolyn is Baptist. She always will be. And she comes to my synagogue regularly.By regularly, I mean she comes to ...
Catholics, Jews, Humanists and Muslims Meet: Confronting Interfaith Dialogue 50 Years Later
This past year marked the 50th anniversary of one of the most important documents of the 20th century. It has ...
At the Foot of the Mount
I wasn’t in the crowd at the Lincoln Memorial when Dr. Martin Luther King gave his great oration, and I ...
Judaism is Increasingly Transdenominational — And That’s A Good Thing
The Jewish day school I attended for grade school and middle school was affiliated with the Conservative movement of Judaism. ...
A Hug and a (Christian) Prayer
“People from the United Church of Canada like to hug,” said my friend B.I filed this random fact away under ...
From Sigh to Song: A Way Toward Freedom
Jews are a People of the Book; Jews also are a People of the Song. In fear, poverty, war and exile, song packed light and ...