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How to Be a “Player” in Jewish Life
What does it take to be a “player” in Jewish life? No, not that kind of “player.” I mean, what ...
From Looking Jewish to Being Jewish
Cultural anthropologists call it ‘going native’. You find yourself in the field as a participant observer of your host culture ...
The Rabbi In My Bedroom
When I got married, there were a million things on my to-do list. There was one thing, one pretty important ...
In Good Faith: Why Religious Freedom Must Go Hand in Hand With Dignity for All
Today I was in the Georgia Capitol to speak against a bill entitled the Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The battlelines have ...
Let the Parenting Criticism Stop… Unless
The other day I came across a very funny video by Similac, the baby formula company. This extended advertisement was ...
Should We Care About People Not Like Us?
The context was a class on the gun violence epidemic in Chicago. I had finished the presentation by mentioning some ...
The Non-Jewish Rabbi? The Problem of Patrilineal Descent
Two articles posted earlier this week made reference to an individual who had been born to a Jewish father and ...
Abortion, Birth Control, and the Complexity of Halacha (Jewish Law)
I recently came across a copy of the June 28 issue of The Jewish Press . The Jewish Press is an Orthodox ...
The blessings of a mixed multitude
A few weeks before I began rabbinical school, I took a vacation and went to visit my in-laws where they ...