Rabbis Without Borders

Hoshana Rabbah is kind of a weird day – even for the Jewish calendar. It’s not really a holiday – ...

I recently met a woman who I really liked. We have a lot in common, being  professionally accomplished Jewish women ...

Occasionally, a book about Jewish prayer will tell you that Judaism discourages spontaneous prayer. That magic of Jewish prayer, the ...

“How do I go on?”  I was asked recently at a service following the death of a beautiful woman in ...

Sukkot was never a big deal for me when growing up. Coming so soon after the pomp and circumstance of ...

I admit that I’ve never been particularly hip.Even as a teenager, at best I was probably pretty geeky, and what’s ...

I believe that pulpit rabbis have an obligation to frame issues of the day in a moral lens even when ...

In 2009, President Obama accepted the Nobel Peace Prize, with a simple, moving speech. He spoke of the challenge of ...

cross-posted from Rabbi Gurevitz’ blog, ‘Raise it Up’   One of the images found in the High Holiday liturgy is ...

At the conclusion of Yom Kippur services, the rabbi was standing at the door shaking hands as the congregation departed. ...

Two weeks ago I posted a piece responding to some articles on patrilineality which provoked several excellent other blog posts ...

I’m advocating a new angle on Heshbon Nefesh, ‘soul’s accounting’, that we do in preparation to the High Holidays of ...