denominations

We Need Radical Pluralism

This was a rough week for Israeli-American Jewish relations. The New York Times reported the embarrassing story “Israeli Minister Says ...

Your Jewish Future: Investing Is for More than Just Your Stock Portfolio

The American Jewish community is getting older. There is a graying of the Jewish community that is happening across the ...

Will There Be One Jewish People?

I have been thinking a lot again recently about the correspondence between one of the great Orthodox luminaries of the ...

Denominational Ins and Outs: The New Mishkan

Jewish life is turned around – so suggests this week’s Torah portion (Terumah) about the first Mishkan (ritual focus of ...

Jewish Identity: Asking the Wrong Question

I have been thinking a lot about Jewish identity recently. How do we define our own connection to Judaism? What ...

I Am Orthodox: Why Labels Matter

A few weeks ago Elad Nehorai of Pop Chassid posted a provocative piece entitled, “Jews, It’s Time To Abolish The ...

A Judaism That Works For All

Last week my Facebook feed was busy lining up responses to two online articles that got a lot of professional ...

Who speaks for Judaism?

As an ex-pat British Jew, living and working in the USA, I’ve been following the press coverage on the search ...