Rabbis Without Borders

The other day, I noticed, to my amusement, that Facebook had changed the status update a bit.  In place of ...

There are definitely times when I feel like I am single-handedly keeping Barnes and Noble in business. It was very ...

On Christmas morning, I’m reviewing the news online and I catch the Huffington Post’s summary of the Pope’s Christmas Eve ...

I couldn’t stop thinking about the opening scene from the Wizard of Oz –where the house spins wildly in the ...

If you are reading this after Friday, December 21, 2012, it means you survived the Mayan Apocalypse!!  Congratulations!!For those who ...

 Each year when I read the Joseph narratives in Genesis I discover something new. It is one of the joys for ...

Kabbalah is an attempt to understand the brokenness of the universe.The other night, my chevruta (Study partner) and I were ...

I’ve always been suspicious of the “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade” crowd.   Generally, the eternally sunny scare ...

First we cry, then we act.The murders that occurred on Friday at the Sandy Hook Elementary School are beyond my ...

Two weeks ago the Rabbinical Council of America (RCA), the largest body of Orthodox rabbis in North America, issued a ...

Like it or not, intermarriage is a fact in Jewish life.And for the most part the Jewish community has learned ...

Ask any Jew what Hanukkah is about and you are likely to get one of two possible explanations: Maccabees or ...