Rabbis Without Borders

An acquaintance of mine once told me bitterly that his father had once explained to him his theory of successful ...

I have a secret to share. Some of the most nonjudgmental and welcoming Jews I have ever met have been ...

We have learned from the Ancient Chinese Tao that there is a spot of Yang in the Yin and a ...

The Torah portion called Shoftim, the Hebrew word for judges, is always read at the beginning of the new month ...

I remember vividly the horror I felt seeing my daughter sinking below the surface of a pool two summers ago. ...

This was a rough week for Israeli-American Jewish relations. The New York Times reported the embarrassing story “Israeli Minister Says ...

Last week, PBS Frontline aired a powerful, thoughtful and educational documentary, Growing up Trans. The families and the children who shared ...

Why is it that synagogue and church attendance drops in the summer? For years, churches and synagogues have noticed what ...

Last week while I was visiting my hometown of Austin, Texas, I was moved to get a new pair of ...

One of my favorite Gary Larson cartoons features a boy in a classroom, hand raised, as he says: “May I ...

For all of Torah’s miracles large and small, the story of a talking donkey who sees an angel is perhaps ...

Same sex marriage is now the law of the land. The Supreme Court’s ruling last week in Obergefell v. Hodges ...