Rabbis Without Borders
Interfaith families bringing new realities to Jewish communal life
I’m a big fan of Julie Weiner’s blog at The Jewish Week. It’s one of those blogs that I read ...
Being Truly Present
Ask anyone who knows me and he or she will tell you that I love my social media.Yes, I’m one ...
Should Jews Care About Government Monitoring Our Phone Calls?
The NSA knows who you called last Tuesday at 8:00pm—should you care?From an American civil liberties perspective, we have seen ...
Inclusion is a Jewish Imperative
Why do you try to be so inclusive? It’s OBVIOUS that you are liberal because you care about these marginalized ...
Are today’s Americans really wimps?
Recently there has been a rash of articles declaring how stupid American parents have overcoddled their children in all sorts ...
Circumcision: Whose Initiation?
You may know the contemporary arguments for and against a brit milah, ritual circumcision of infant Jewish boys.For: It’s traditional. It affirms a family’s connection ...
The Middle School Prayer
Middle school is hard. Bodies betray young people as they lurch uncertainly towards adulthood. Emotions rear up and overtake sensibility ...
The price of real estate is rising… in heaven
Catching the attention of many readers of breaking news in the Jewish world today is the story of Ari Mandel ...
Deprogramming our Children as a Means to Jewish Continuity?
I just got back from a weekend “family camp” retreat. One of the most remarkable aspects of the experience was ...
The Danger of Communal Exclusion
Two moments of communal life have come to my attention recently that speak to the dangers of exclusion in the ...
How can one make moral decisions?
A few weeks ago, an acquaintance of mine gleefully forwarded a link to a study that asserted that atheists and ...
Rescuing Grace
I was speaking with a friend who was trying mightily to do the right thing in a tough situation. She ...