Does A Rabbi Have To Be A Role Model?

It’s over a month now since the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College announced that it would consider intermarried candidates for admission to ...

Mensch Madness Game 5: Gaon vs. Maimonides

Welcome back to Mensch Madness! It’s already Game 5!Rabbi Moses Ben Maimo, also known as Maimonides, alias Rambam, is in the ...

Take a Stand: Don’t Let Religion Become a Weapon

In Pirkei Avot 2:10 we are taught that Rabbi Eliezer said, יהי כבוד חברך חביב עליך כשלך “Let your neighbor’s dignity be precious ...

In The Small Town South, Honoring Orlando Victims Is An Interfaith Experience

Communities across the nation have been gathering to honor and memorialize the Orlando victims. In Alexandria, Louisiana, community organizers chose ...

From Facebook Likes to Real-World Love

Their love was evident to everyone who was there on that beautiful day in October when Yechochanan and Aminah Perkins ...

Jews in the Pew (Survey)

Like everyone else I know who is active in the Jewish community, my Facebook page and email inbox have been ...

And Yanklowitz…

Yesterday I posted Rabbi Avi Shafran’s response to Shmuly Yanklowitz’s response to Rabbi Shafran’s op-ed response to Yanklowitz’s organization’s response ...

Ask the Expert: Burying the Genizah

What should be done with old Torah scrolls and sacred texts?

Dr. Seuss, Rashi and Sydney Taylor: A Study of Creating Ritual

In my mind, the definitive tale of sisterhood was not the conventionally chosen classic, Little Women , but rather the ...