This week’s Torah portion, Tazriah, includes the stipulation that, following the birth of a child, a mother must separate herself ...

I offer my present lightness of being as Torah, the Torah of embracing our fullest selves, reverent and irreverent impulses equally inspired by the divine.

Will we ever be free of enumerating what we have, what we need, what will be enough, what will ensure our security, who will inherit, how much we can afford to give, who’s most needy or most worthy - all with a sense that there’s not enough to go around?

Having, in many ways, healed past victimhood, North American Jews live in relative comfort, able to offer aid to less ...

This week’s Torah portion, Tzav, ends with a ceremony consecrating the first Israelite priests, Aaron and his sons. The blood ...

Or Shalom, Vancouver’s East-Side Shul, the synagogue I serve as spiritual leader, is a community of 200 households that has ...

Purim is the one day of the year I feel empowered in my community. The rest of the year, services ...

I don’t know why I’m so into Hanukkah food demonstration videos today. Actually, maybe I do. Probably because I’m really ...

The importance of a holistic approach to halacha (Jewish law).

Jewish authorities have much to say about using, and abusing, this substance.