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What Tisha B’Av Can Learn From Ramadan
I did not fast during Ramadan. But I did somehow experience a little bit of the meaning of the Muslim ...
For Tisha B’Av, A Feminist Reading of Lamentations
For those of us engaged in the lifelong passion and struggle of learning Torah with a feminist consciousness, writing it ...
A Rabbi Mourns African American Christians
“’…But, mother, I won’t be alone. Other children will go with me, And march the streets of Birmingham to make ...
Yin in the Yang
We have learned from the Ancient Chinese Tao that there is a spot of Yang in the Yin and a ...
The Challenge of Yom HaShoah
Tonight is Yom HaShoah – Holocaust Memorial Day. Last night I was discussing remembrance with my ninth graders at our ...
Modern Holidays Quiz
Contemporary Jews observe holidays that commemorate events in recent Jewish history such as the Holocaust and the creation of the ...
Moishe in Mississippi: Making a Difference, Without Walls
Today’s post was written jointly by Arielle Nissenblatt and Lonnie Kleinman – two young Jewish professionals who also happen to ...
Homemade Granola Bars for Tu Bishvat
Tu Bishvat is not the holiday that commemorates the destruction of the temple; that’s Tisha B’Av, though I understand why ...
T’u B’Av: A Day of Love
Sarah is barren, Rachel is barren, Rivka is barren. As a single man, I too am barren, unable to conceive ...
Beep, Turn the Page.
When I was growing up, I used to listen to records of GI Joe or Sci Fi stories that came ...
A Time to be Silent and a Time to Speak
“There is a time to be silent and a time to speak.” So says the author of Kohelet (Ecclesiastes) in a ...
What Should Your Rabbi Talk About?
Tisha B’Av (Aug. 5th), which commemorates the destruction of the Temple also marks the seven week countdown to Rosh Hashanah. ...