Conversion

There’s nothing like old friends. They connect us with our past, remind us of the continuity of our life, embrace ...

“Why did you convert?” I have been asked this question many times before, sometimes out of deep interest and sometimes ...

 Last week, Chelsea Manning, formerly known as Private first class Bradley Manning, made headlines. Her announcement that she would be living ...

This past week, two of my Rabbis Without Borders colleagues have shared their perspectives and struggles with the religious identities ...

Earlier this week, Stefanie Pervos Bregman, the editor of Living Jewishly, wrote about engaging 20- and 30- somethings in the Jewish world, ...

But why would they choose Judaism?This is a question I hear often. In my work helping to celebrate the racial and ...

“Jew town,” Mom directed the autorickshaw driver.“Where in Jew town?” he asked in Malayalam.“The big church,” Mom responded, because she ...

“Last Shabbos, because of me more people were talking about gay rights around the the Shabbes table, and it’s a ...

A few weeks before I began rabbinical school, I took a vacation and went to visit my in-laws where they ...

I spent several years traveling the world, trying on different faiths, seeing which one fits. At the end of my ...