Rabbis Without Borders

This week’s Torah portion commands us to swear off cheeseburgers. Well not exactly. It was the rabbis that created the ...

Do you want to be happy?Then here’s my advice: don’t try to be happy.That idea comes from Oliver Burkeman’s excellent book  ...

John Lennon once wrote in lyrical desperation, “All I want is the truth, man. Just gimme some truth.” Without any ...

If I close my eyes and sit quietly, I can still picture the expression on her face. My breath catches ...

When I think of the Purim holiday, I tend to think of noise-making, carnivals, costumes, and cookies. It was definitely ...

On Friday, Leonard Nimoy, an actor most famed for his role in a science-fiction television show, died.Since then, my social ...

I have been thinking a lot again recently about the correspondence between one of the great Orthodox luminaries of the ...

This week our Torah portion (Tetzaveh) will open commanding the Israelites to “light lamps that will burn day into night ...

Growing up I had fond respect for the senior rabbi of my congregation. I learned much from him, but I ...

For forty-eight minutes, Father O’Neal was dead.As he crossed over into the next realm, he saw God.Forty-eight hours later, he ...

The terrorist attacks in Paris at Charlie Hebdo and in Copenhagen targeting artist Lars Vilks have reopened conversation about whether ...

Today I was in the Georgia Capitol to speak against a bill entitled  the Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The battlelines have ...