justice

Should Jews Care About Government Monitoring Our Phone Calls?

The NSA knows who you called last Tuesday at 8:00pm—should you care? From an American civil liberties perspective, we have ...

Inclusion is a Jewish Imperative

Why do you try to be so inclusive? It’s OBVIOUS that you are liberal because you care about these marginalized ...

Accidentally 1%

“There will be no poor among you…” – Deut. 15:4Last night I was stranded in a Mercedes E Class in ...

A Modest Case For Civil Marriage Equality

Political discourse finds expression everywhere it can. People discuss their convictions over dinner, at water coolers in the office, in ...

Unleavened Equality

I will never forget the moment when my daughter came out. She was 5 years old. We were eating dinner ...

A Contemporary Story Of Redemption

“My father was a wandering Aramean.” With this quote, from Deuteronomy 26:5, we begin not only the Maggid (story-telling) portion ...

On Pesach, you are not alone.

Passover has always been my favorite holiday. I love the foods, seeing my family and my friends who are normally ...

Spicing Up Your Seder

As a rabbi who also happens to be a mother of small kids, I am often asked for creative ideas ...

When It Is Not Obvious

A couple weeks ago news stations around the country featured the story of an 87-year old woman, a resident of ...

The Power of Community

Earlier this week, Rabbi Shira Stutman wrote a short essay in Slate about her realization that when she was in middle ...