Torah
Why “Useless” Knowledge Still Has Value
I can’t get anywhere without my phone’s GPS (which my wife and I have named “Miriam”). We’re so reliant on it that there ...
What We Can Learn About Trans Allyship From Our Patriarchs & Matriarchs
In honor of the upcoming annual observance of Transgender Day of Remembrance we are devoting space in our blog to posts ...
Eliezer: The Servant Disciple
When LGBT Jews re-encounter their tradition on their own terms, they can experience spiritual risk, iconoclasm, and reimagined faith. One ...
Sarah and the Struggle of the Barren Identity
This week, I’d like to focus on the self, not as the observer, but as the observed. Not when we ...
God Likes a Counter-Offer
We criticize Abraham for not voicing protest of God’s horrific demand that he sacrifice Isaac. Yet, ultimately, Abraham did counter ...
The Year I Missed Simchat Torah
I did not have Simchat Torah this year. Bold statement, right? Some of you are probably thinking that I must ...
Lot, the Subjective Stranger: A Call for Diversity
“Is she converting?”“Clearly, she is not from around here, I wonder if she is even Jewish.”“She must be someone’s nanny…”These ...
The Jewish Duty to Vote
Election Day in the U.S. is coming. How will being Jewish shape your choice whether to vote?This November, Americans will elect ...
A Call for Diversity: The Tower of Babel
While driving down Route 95 on the East Coast, one has the ability to survey hundreds of billboards along the ...
Do We Find in the Torah Just What We Want to See?
Earlier this month in The New York Times, Reza Aslan continued an ongoing argument against Bill Maher’s blanket condemnation of ...