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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 ...
Voting with Our Feet: Heeding the Call of ORA’s Rabbi Jeremy Stern
Rabbi Jeremy Stern, who serves as the Executive Director of the Organization for the Resolution of Agunot (ORA) recently penned ...
Beyond the Bimah
Tawonga just launched our very first bar and bat mitzvah training in the Bay Area, and I am so excited ...
#TBT: Reflecting on Last Week’s MLK Service Day
If you ever want to visit the ISJL office, make sure not to come on a Friday. Chances are, you ...
What Does the End of Racism Look Like?
The question was simple: “What would the world look like if there was no more racism?” I turned to my ...
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. ...
After Creating Change: Standing in Solidarity
This past weekend, the National LGBTQ Task Force convened its annual Creating Change Conference. Founded in 1998, the Task Force’s ...
Bat Mitzvah as Rite of Passage into Self and Community
My daughter Ktoret Ashira was born on Yom Kippur in Jerusalem in 2001. Two and a half years ago we ...
Getting More Comfortable With the Culture of Prayer in the South
In the South, people pray a lot. It’s all around us: on TV, on billboards, at football games, even at ...
Personal/History: Teaching the Next Generation about the AIDS Crisis
I spent the evening of November 3rd weeping. I’d been teaching Tony Kushner’s Angels in America to my high school ...
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 ...