Partner Blogs
Supporting My Gay Son
This morning The Torch, a project of JOFA, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, shared the heartwarming story of a family adjusting to ...
Living “Out” Within the Orthodox Community
I grew up 100 percent Camp Ramah and United Synagogue Youth (both Conservative movement institutions), but after marrying a Modern ...
The Power of a Rabbi
Earlier this week, Rabbi Rebecca Sirbu reflected on recent stories of rabbis who have acted inappropriately. They have abused the ...
To Our Graduates
What does it mean to graduate? To graduate means to move on to the next stage. So, if you have ...
Fellow Farewell: Some Say Goodbye, I Say Hello!
In December of 2012, I was six months away from graduating college… and I needed what every graduate is looking ...
Born Jewish or Not, You Matter
The way I look — my golden complexion and the abundance of ringlet curls on my head — combined with the difference in my upbringing have always challenged my place in society and even in the Jewish community.
Jeanne Manford: The Jewish Woman Who Advocated For Her Gay Son
This June Keshet is so very excited to be partnering with the Jewish Women’s Archive to celebrate Pride. Each week we will ...
Feminism Comes in Many Different Forms
“Why don’t you learn to read the megillah,” asked my husband a few months before Purim.I thought about it for ...
Understanding Power
Another rabbinic scandal has come to light. Last week The New York Times published an article about Rabbi Jonathan Rosenblatt ...
The Wisdom of Love and Living
I have no idea how many b’nai mitzvah, baby namings, brises, et al I have officiated at. Nor how many ...
Name the Problem, Not the Person
I’m a skeptic when it comes to believing that every cloud has a silver lining. Some clouds do of course, ...
The Soul You Have Given Me (And The Spirits, Too)…
I grew up and live now in New Orleans. When people think of religion in New Orleans, they might think ...
Is Capitalism Hurting Synagogue Life?
“How big is your congregation?”This is the number one question I am asked as a congregational rabbi in settings of ...
Opening the Walls of Our Chuppah
There is a particular photograph that adorns the imagination of every engaged couple; it is of a young girl, age ...
Death is the end? Really?!
My mother’s birthday coincided with Shavuot this year. She would have been 76 years old, had she not died in ...