Rabbis Without Borders

I love the ocean.  Whether surfing or just playing in the waves, as a native Californian, I feel at home ...

Yesterday at Or Shalom Synagogue in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, we harvested horseradish from our synagogue garden. We are an ...

I have sung the song “David Melech Yisrael” thousands of times. It’s easy to learn and fun to sing with ...

The day after the day after the Israeli elections the words of the quintessential Israeli poet Yehuda Amichai come to ...

When does time begin? What does time measure? What came before the beginning? Such mind-bending questions evoke timeless truths especially ...

You say you care about the Israeli election?  Me too, but how much do you know? How many political parties ...

I cannot remember the last time I switched on the news—be it on the television or the radio—or glanced at a newspaper headline ...

Over the generations women did not wait until the night of the Seder to show their commitment to upholding tradition. ...

This past Sunday was one of my favorite days of the year, the day we set the clocks forward for ...

Have you heard of Rachel Beyda? I hadn’t until a week or so ago. Then I began to see the ...

At the end of the week, I embark on a weeklong meditation retreat. As the retreat starts, and for its ...

Meeting Ranya Kelly for the first time you would never guess that this quiet petite woman once brought a major ...