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What Tisha B’Av Can Learn From Ramadan
I did not fast during Ramadan. But I did somehow experience a little bit of the meaning of the Muslim ...
Are We There Yet? Pluto and the Value of Patience
Here’s my favorite fact about the New Horizons flight to Pluto: New Horizons launched at 2 pm on January 19, 2006, ...
For Tisha B’Av, A Feminist Reading of Lamentations
For those of us engaged in the lifelong passion and struggle of learning Torah with a feminist consciousness, writing it ...
On Passing and Not Trying to Pass
I am black, and I am Jewish.I’ve always found comfort in the and of my identity — that simple part ...
Pass the Thermometer: Can Religion be Healthy?
When I decided to enter rabbinical school, many of my friends were incredulous at the thought. They said, “Don’t get ...
Gaining Furniture, Losing Fear: A Story of Philo-Semitism
When I first told people that I was moving to Mississippi to work for a Jewish organization, I received a ...
Weekend at the Beach
In the Beginning, the friendship of three rabbis was created and nurtured at an annual Rabbis Without Borders alumni retreat.My plan was to enjoy a ...
When Leaders Need Chaplains
An important aspect of spiritual leadership is ministering to people in times of stress and pain as chaplains do. Below ...
The Perfect Deal
An acquaintance of mine once told me bitterly that his father had once explained to him his theory of successful ...
The Work for LGBTQ Equality Continues
This week the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission declared that workplace discrimination against LGBTQ employees is barred, citing Title VII of the ...
Summer with the Hasidim: An Encounter with Jewish Pluralism
I have a secret to share. Some of the most nonjudgmental and welcoming Jews I have ever met have been ...
Exercising New Teaching Skills – Literally
I consider myself to be a versatile teacher. I’ve taught all ages, all topics, and in all settings—or so I ...
A Rabbi Mourns African American Christians
“’…But, mother, I won’t be alone. Other children will go with me, And march the streets of Birmingham to make ...
Yin in the Yang
We have learned from the Ancient Chinese Tao that there is a spot of Yang in the Yin and a ...
Why the Jewish Community Needs to Discuss Sex Trafficking
“Sarah” had a pretty average childhood, growing up in an Orthodox Jewish home in New York City with her mother, ...