Rabbis Without Borders
What’s an Interfaith Rabbi?
Last week The New Republic ran a story saying that the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, the seminary of the American Jewish ...
On the Other Side of the Mountain
Having opted to leave the Interstate and take the shortest route, I shouldn’t have been surprised to find myself traveling ...
Five Ways the Super Bowl is like Online Judaism
As a rabbi of an online congregation, I am often asked about whether people have “real” Jewish experiences online. Some ...
Let Rabbis Lead!
Last month Rabbi Yamin Levy (note: I studied with Rabbi Levy when I was a rabbinical student at YCT Rabbinical ...
Let the Parenting Criticism Stop… Unless
The other day I came across a very funny video by Similac, the baby formula company. This extended advertisement was ...
Are Synagogues Outsourcing Tikkun Olam?
These are exciting times for Jewish social justice. This past week, an interfaith group of ministers, led in part by the ...
Real Religious Differences
Every year, I laugh out loud at this week’s Torah reading, the crossing of the Red Sea.There Moses stands, so ...
Dare to Be Bored
“Are we there yet?!!!” I recall saying this as a child, later enduring it from my kids. With this call ...
Why a Rabbi? Five Aspirations for Rabbinic Life
On January 11, 2015, I received rabbinic smicha (ordination) from ALEPH: Alliance for Jewish Renewal. Six years of academic study, ...
From State of the Union to Congregational Life, Meaning and Mission Come First
“It’s now up to us to choose who we want to be over the next 15 years, and for decades to ...
“The State of the Union is …”
Every January I reflect on the lessons of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and his good friend Dr. Martin Luther King, ...
We Must Still Dream!
“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its ...