leadership

4 Reasons Why We Are All Listening to Pope Francis

From the middle to the end of last week, I was having conversations about Pope Francis’ speeches each and every day ...

A New Day for P’sak

“Question authority!” was the mantra of my peer group when I was coming of age in the late ’60s. How ...

Listen to me. Think for yourself

“Why didn’t you listen to me,” I heard a mother tell her daughter on their way out of the mall. ...

A Lack of Choice – A Disturbing Trend in American Politics

Freedom from choice is a disturbing trend in American politics today, and both Republicans and Democrats are guilty of it. ...

Can The Jewish People Find Common Ground?

Can the Jewish people find common ground? Is there enough that brings together all the varied different ways of being ...

Who Speaks for the Jews?

I have sung the song “David Melech Yisrael” thousands of times. It’s easy to learn and fun to sing with ...

A Hundred Thousand Miracles

I cannot remember the last time I switched on the news—be it on the television or the radio—or glanced at a newspaper headline ...

Let Rabbis Lead!

Last month Rabbi Yamin Levy (note: I studied with Rabbi Levy when I was a rabbinical student at YCT Rabbinical ...

Are Synagogues Outsourcing Tikkun Olam?

These are exciting times for Jewish social justice.  This past week, an interfaith group of ministers, led in part by the ...

“The State of the Union is …”

Every January I reflect on the lessons of Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel and his good friend Dr. Martin Luther King, ...