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Terror in Afula, Seen from Afar

A numinous dream, last Wednesday:I am on Kibbutz Ein Dor, near the city of Afula in Northern Israel, visiting my ...

A Halloween With Jewish Values?

Lately it seems like Halloween has becomes a Rorschach test for how Jews feel about assimilation. As expressed in this eloquent blog ...

So Now What?

As a synagogue rabbi, I feel as if we have been running a religious marathon for the past month. since. ...

World Cat Day: A Jewish Perspective

Traditional Jewish thought sees the whole world as a laboratory for learning. On the one hand, everything has value in ...

Parashat Shoftim: Doubling the Weight of Our Words

Jews read sections of the Torah each week, and these sections, known as  parshiyot, inspire endless examination year after year. ...

When Goodness Transcends Boundaries

The 70th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising has created renewed interest in the actions of Polish gentiles who assisted ...

Operation Understanding

Every summer, the ISJL office is privileged to be one of the stops on the journey of teens participating in ...

Why I hope a Right-Winger Becomes the Next Chief Rabbi of Israel

There is a big election coming up on Wednesday, one many American Jews might not be aware of. In response ...

Zimmerman Verdict: Reflections on Justice and Dialogue

George Zimmerman has been found “not guilty” in the murder of Trayvon Martin. The trial was high-profile and symbolic, and ...

Fitting in

I recently read an essay  published earlier this year on xoJane that a woman wrote as a paean to her ...