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We Are All Leaders
Leadership is on my mind this week. We elected a new president of the United States, a leader with a ...
Advice from Our Sages: Get Out and Vote
“Mommy, if we didn’t live in the United States, where would we live?” my son asked me. His question came ...
Mourning & Action
Our hearts are heavy.This past Thursday evening marked the onset of Tu B’Av, the traditional Jewish holiday celebrating love. Yet ...
A Dog at the Seder
As a child, the great Jewish philosopher Emmanuel Levinas noticed that dogs appear in Torah at a crucial moment. On ...
A Letter to Students: The Lesson of Elijah
Dearest Students,Early on in the academic year (and the Jewish New Year!), I thought it would be a poignant time ...
Who isn’t a Jew?
In the ongoing dustup that started several years ago between Rabbi Daniel Gordis and a series of young rabbis, most ...
Caregiving or Responsibility?
I think that it would be wrong to let the day go by without saying something about the election. But ...
Justice in the City – A how-to?
I am not really the kind of person who recommends books. I periodically review them, but that’s different. They get ...