Rabbis Without Borders

Jewish life is turned around – so suggests this week’s Torah portion (Terumah) about the first Mishkan (ritual focus of ...

In recent weeks, several of my colleagues both on this blog and elsewhere, have written thoughtful articles on current issues ...

Should the Jews of Europe move? And if so, to Israel or to America?“To the Jews of Europe and to ...

They did not know it was a Jewish cemetery. They did not intend it to be an act of Antisemtism.So ...

 If a chicken and half takes a day and a half to lay an egg and a half, and if an eastbound train ...

It is somewhat of an exaggeration to say that Judaism has a blessing for everything. But only somewhat. After all, ...

Yes, its true. An era is ending.Jon Stewart, who hosted the Daily Show—the “fake news” program on Comedy Central—for the ...

I’ve been looking for meaningful full-time work since crash-landing in Philadelphia in August. After living in Boston for eight years ...

Several years ago I went to visit one of my daughters in Israel.  She was attending a summer program and ...

I believe that there will be no solution to the Israeli Palestinian conflict until the Palestinians come face to face ...

A few days ago, a friend  of mine sent me a note saying, “I would be interested to read your take ...

So much of our country is under the pervasive, chilled wrap called winter. It seems harder to reach within, to ...