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I’m the Good Jewish Doctor your Grandparents Always Envisioned You Would Marry
I’m the good Jewish doctor your grandparents always envisioned you would marry.Well, sort of.Perhaps they didn’t anticipate that I’d be ...
We’re Still Figuring Out What A Rabbi Looks Like
After you read this paragraph, close your eyes for a minute and picture a rabbi.Where is this rabbi?What is the ...
Jews Have an Obligation to Accept, Protect, and Value
I am a Modern Orthodox Jew. As a Jewish educator, I have written, spoken and taught about homosexuality and our ...
Prime-Time Drama
This post has been translated from Hebrew to English by Bracha Jaffe.Shabbat afternoon between the afternoon and evening prayers is ...
Double Booked: If It’s Good Enough for the Matriarchs
This post originally appeared on the Religious Action Center’s blog and has been reprinted here with permission.—In a recent conversation ...
Obamacare & You: Why the ACA Is Good for the Gays, and What More It Needs To Do
Rabbi (to be) Ari Naveh recently shared how he balances the line between being a gay rabbi—and a rabbi who ...
Two Mississippi Rabbis Will Shave for the Brave
My Mississippi rabbinical colleague Rabbi Debra Kassoff and myself will both be making a bold statement this spring; more accurately, ...
An Old Shul Still Paving the Way
It is funny to celebrate the 120th anniversary of our synagogue when Judaism tells us that 120 years should mark ...
Looking Forward and Looking Back: On Friendships and Transitions
When Jordyn & Becky first met, they were just starting college. Jordyn had dredlocks. Becky’s time was split between the ...
Torah From Life, or Life From Torah?
One of the conversations that I had early in rabbinic school about how we connect to the wisdom of Torah ...
From Isolation to Community: Opening the Conversation on Mikvah
Two weeks each month, I refrain from physical intimacy with my husband because of Jewish law. It is not only ...
Reading Esther and Coming of Age
The story of Esther teaches us many things, amongst them, that timing is everything.This year, the women’s Megillat Esther reading ...