Yom Kippur

“How do I go on?”  I was asked recently at a service following the death of a beautiful woman in ...

Sukkot was never a big deal for me when growing up. Coming so soon after the pomp and circumstance of ...

This Yom Kippur, the ISJL’s Rabbi Marshal Klaven and Rabbi Matt Dreffin will return to the communities where they spent ...

Communities, institutions, families and friendships create a sense of common identity, a sense of “we.” Since no two people – ...

I believe that pulpit rabbis have an obligation to frame issues of the day in a moral lens even when ...

In honor of Yom Kippur, this week we bring you two queer takes on The Book of Jonah. Tomorrow, poet ...

cross-posted from Rabbi Gurevitz’ blog, ‘Raise it Up’   One of the images found in the High Holiday liturgy is ...

This special holiday post comes from guest blogger Rabbi Matt Rosenberg, Executive Director of Hillel at Texas A&M University. Thank ...

I’m advocating a new angle on Heshbon Nefesh, ‘soul’s accounting’, that we do in preparation to the High Holidays of ...

Passover ended less than a week ago.Many Jews say that Passover is our favourite holiday. And why not? On Seder ...

Do people change? As human beings, are we not the sum of our unique genetic make-up and the equally unique ...