Rabbis Without Borders

To understand the newest book by Rabbi Avi Weiss one needs to tell a story that appears in the book, ...

Yet another holiday about which I am ambivalent, Mother’s Day seems this year to have engendered rather more commentary than ...

So the Pope lost his kippah for a moment. I’ve been there. As a fellow bald man and kippah wearer ...

At a construction site at the Jerusalem bus station there is a multi-paneled chalkboard with space for people to fill ...

“So it’s finished?” I heard one commentator on local NPR ask sarcastically in a discussion about the NBA decision to ...

I have had many reactions so far to the recently leaked audio of comments made by Los Angeles Clippers owner ...

Falling apart is a kind of strength.At least, that’s what I’m learning as I reflect this week on the meaning ...

My parents still live in the house I grew up in. Since leaving it, I have moved 14 times. Each ...

“It’s not that I have an issue with her having sex, per se,  it’s just that it should mean something.  ...

I’ve always been troubled by the “four children” in the Haggadah.Passover is supposed to teach our children about how we ...

As a child, the great Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas noticed that dogs appear in Torah at a crucial moment. On ...

This Monday night Jews around the world will sit down at their tables and embark on recreating the narrative of ...