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Rabbis Without Borders Hanukkah Gift Guide
Happy Hanukkah, Jewish learners and lovers of Jewish learners! If gift-giving is a part of your Hanukkah tradition, let our ...
thanksGIVING
We continue our series on giving. Autumn is definitely my favorite time of year. I love the change in weather, ...
The Violation of Dinah; The Violation of our Society
The following is adapted from the drasha (sermon) delivered by Rori Picker Neiss at Bais Abraham Congregation, St Louis, MO ...
Beyond Latkes: Hanukkah Around the World
Rabbi discusses Jewish Hanukkah Holiday traditions from around the world
The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.
A number of recent essays have been swimming their way across the blogosphere and seem to have serendipitously swirled together. ...
Mazes vs. Labyrinths: How Do You See Life?
What is the difference between a maze and a labyrinth?A maze – as many of us know – is intended ...
Tools to Observe Transgender Day of Remembrance
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), memorializes trans individuals who have died because of anti-transgender discrimination and victimization. It occurs annually ...
It’s Not Just for Feminists Anymore
It’s not easy being a feminist.We are the butts of jokes, the objects of stereotypes, and the recipients of sometimes ...
Creating New Traditions (and Recipes!) for Thanksgivukkah
Last month I wrote about new ways of looking at the same old foods as a way to take an ...
Psalms for the Philippines
Oklahoma City, where I live, has an amazing Jewish community. And, unfortunately, this amazing Jewish community is an expert in ...
Typhoon Haiyan and the Importance of Giving
“Shall we make Man in our image?” A favorite rabbinic comment of mine reads Genesis 1:25 as a questions rather ...
Partners in Prayer: A Recipe for Success
A new partnership minyan was recently formed in Hampstead in North-West London. Here, two of the founders, Beverly Paris and ...
Shalom & Bon Voyage, Y’all
In the mid-nineteenth century, thousands of Jewish immigrants from Alsace-Lorraine came to America and made new lives for themselves in ...
The Power of Being Seen
Laura Thor spoke these words at Transgender Day of Remembrance last year, at a service held at Jefferson Unitarian Church, ...
Exciting Possibilities for Jewish Camp
I’ve just returned from a trip to Jerusalem where I participated in two important gatherings: the Planning Summit for a ...