Practices
Who’s that woman in the pulpit?
Our homepage article this week talks about the changing demographics in the rabbinate. It specifically sites a growing number of ...
Synagogues & Rabbis
-Rabbis find they need to choose their political roles, if any, with care. (Washington Jewish Week) -A look at the ...
Flipping Out
JTA reporter Ben Harris has an short but interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal discussing the Modern Orthodox practice ...
Hooking Up
-JDate is now offering “a bulk rate to rabbis who want to buy membership accounts for congregants.� But singles gotta ...
Liberal Minhag
I was looking for an article on Jewish customs, minhagim, on MyJewishLearning and, lo and behold, there wasn’t one. Which ...
The Jewish Body
-Israeli supermodel Bar Refaeli has been named “Body of 2008” by British men’s magazine Arena. (Haaretz) -A leisurely look at ...
Guide for the Halachic Minyan
More and more Orthodox women are exploring the boundaries of their participation in communal Jewish prayer. An Israeli couple has ...
A Mitzva Child
Oh Conservative Movement, you continue our love-hate relationship. Today I hate you.The movement’s Committee on Jewish Law and Standards recently ...
Water in Israel
-Global warming notwithstanding, Israeli rainfall statistics have remained essentially unchanged in the 60 years they have been tracked. (Haaretz) -Preserving ...
Obligation
Rabbi Andy Bachman, an engaging and innovative Reform rabbi, recently blogged about those people who come to say kaddish at ...