Rabbis Without Borders
On Becoming Empty Nesters
This morning my wife and I drove our youngest daughter to the airport as she left for a year of ...
The Non-Jewish Rabbi? The Problem of Patrilineal Descent
Two articles posted earlier this week made reference to an individual who had been born to a Jewish father and ...
Obamacare Cards Up in Smoke
I’m just afraid that history will repeat itself. On October 15th, 1965, the first person to be arrested for burning ...
Do I Need to Plan Ahead?
It is one month until Rosh Hashannah, the Jewish New Year. That sentence strikes fear in to the heart of ...
World Cat Day: A Jewish Perspective
Traditional Jewish thought sees the whole world as a laboratory for learning. On the one hand, everything has value in ...
A-Rod May Be Guilty, But We All Are Responsible
I’ve been a die-hard Yankees fan ever since I was 8 years old, when my dad took me to my ...
Welcome to Elul: Relationship is the key
The hebrew letters that spell out the name of the Jewish month that we have just entered – Elul – ...
Give Peace A Chance?
When news broke last week that Israelis and Palestinians had agreed to a new round of peace talks, how did ...
When Goodness Transcends Boundaries
The 70th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising has created renewed interest in the actions of Polish gentiles who assisted ...
Empathy for a Convicted Aryan Brotherhood Killer
If we fail to treat others, even the worst among them, humanely, than it is we who ceed the ‘moral ...
Where Children Pray
“Why do we pray?” I asked before we entered our makeshift sanctuary. We had gathered at the cabins. Dressed in ...
Researching God
Theist? Atheist? Agnostic?Don’t answer until you’ve done some rigorous research.That’s right, research: with a method, literature review, experimental design, data ...