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When Is Something Not A Jewish Issue?
Jewish organizations, along with other faith-based and secular social justice organizations, have been ablaze with statements and action alerts during ...
The Wages of Deceit
This week’s Torah portion, Toldot, is filled with stories of people lying to and tricking one another. Jacob tricks his ...
Hitler Speaks at My Jewish Summer Camp
It was mid-morning on a Wednesday. I was serving as visiting faculty at our regional Reform Jewish overnight camp and ...
Turn the Prism One More Time
To be honest, I really struggle in these months before an election. The tsunami of political rhetoric in and of ...
Never Talk About These 2 Things at Your Dinner Table?
When I was growing up the common wisdom was, if possible, to avoid conversations of religion and politics around the dinner ...
Why I Love Black Friday (And Yes, I’m Out Shopping)
Black Friday gets kind of a bad reputation these days. Especially with some stores making employees work on Thanksgiving Thursday ...
Always the Rabbi, Never the Bride? Adding Values to a Jewish Wedding
Having officiated at many weddings over the years, I sometimes joked to my friends that I was “always the rabbi, ...
The Wisdom of Love and Living
I have no idea how many b’nai mitzvah, baby namings, brises, et al I have officiated at. Nor how many ...
Football and Values at a Crossroads
As a high school marching band member, I attended every school football game. So, you’d think I could tell you ...
The Torah of Vulcan
On Friday, Leonard Nimoy, an actor most famed for his role in a science-fiction television show, died.Since then, my social ...