Weddings & Marriage
When Rabbis Go to Washington: a response to Yair Rosenberg
A couple of weeks ago, Yair Rosenberg wrote a thought-provoking article in the online Tablet Magazine, entitled ‘America’s Anti-Gun Theocrats: ...
Somebody’s Getting Married… Under the Chuppah!
Only this Jewish woman – this devoted, active, works-in-the Jewish community Jewish woman! – would meet and marry a man named ...
Leave my bar mitzvah alone!
Last week I was following the dialogue and reflections of two of my Rabbis Without Borders colleagues on the topic ...
Let’s Get Real About Marriage and Parenting
“Being a diplomat is no career for a woman who wants to have a family,” said the consul.“By the time ...
Can a Rabbi Marry Two Non-Jews?
“Can a rabbi officiate at a wedding of two non-Jews?” a colleague asked on a on a rabbinic Facebook group ...
Marriage Equality: So What Happened?!
“Justice, Justice shall you pursue,” exhorts Deuteronomy. Today, we woke up in a more just nation, as the four states ...
On “Hava Nagila”
I am a music snob. People know this about me, and I deserve the title. I have said hurtful things ...
Words of Torah, for Marriage Equality: Rabbi Rachel Isaacs
Marriage equality is on the ballot in four states this November – Maryland, Washington, Minnesota, and Maine – which could ...
Words of Torah, for Marriage Equality: Rabbi Aaron Meyer
Marriage equality is on the ballot in four states this November – Maryland, Washington, Minnesota, and Maine – which could ...
Words of Torah, for Marriage Equality: Rabbi Harold Kravitz
Marriage equality is on the ballot in four states this November – Maryland, Washington, Minnesota, and Maine – and this ...
Words of Torah for Marriage Equality: Jamie Heller
Marriage equality is on the ballot in four states this November – Maryland, Washington, Minnesota, and Maine – and t ...
Mock Jewish Divorce
It’s become almost a cliche program at American Jewish summer camps. The mock Jewish wedding teaches kids, through an interactive ...