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.
America and the Sin of Sodom
“We are not a country that should turn children away and send them back to certain death,” -Maryland Governor, Martin ...
The Nine Days
As of yesterday, Monday July 28th, we Jews have begun “The Nine Days.”You may not know what I’m talking about, ...
Keep the Faith?
A week after coming home from a month in Israel, my soul remains immersed there. The tension in Israel, charged ...
Jews Don’t Believe in Birthdays but in Saving Lives
My husband does not do birthdays. When I first met him over 20 years ago, this truly puzzled me. Birthdays ...
Jon Stewart Can’t Talk About Israel, But We Must
Jon Stewart, in his July 21 episode of The Daily Show, viscerally demonstrated what many of us, I am sure, ...
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Ruth Abusch-Magder Rabbi Ruth Abusch-Magder, PhD. is the Rabbi-in-Residence at Be’chol Lashon and the editor of the blog Tzeh U’llimad. ...
How Should We React To Our Oasis Of Acceptance?
I used to think that there were two different mindsets when it came to living Jewishly: the experience of those ...
Rabbi Laura’s Day Off (or: Outreach Happens)
Our 21 year old daughter has invited her parents to The Intention Gathering, a “self-sustaining, all-ages, ethnically diverse superfragilistic-art-dance-creative community.”We have ...
Should We Care About People Not Like Us?
The context was a class on the gun violence epidemic in Chicago. I had finished the presentation by mentioning some ...
Should We Bring Back Arranged Marriage?
Not long ago, a friend of mine posted an excellently snarky commentary about a new television show called, Married at ...