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June 2014

June 12, 2014
It is time for Jews to hold fast to our Promised Land, but to admit...

May 2014

May 29, 2014
How do we hear God speak, if, that is, we hear God speak at all?...
May 13, 2014
Throwing up our hands is not the answer. We may be facing unprecedented conditions, but...
May 06, 2014
By Dr. Stephen Hazan Arnoff For centuries, formal Jewish study began not with Genesis, the...

April 2014

April 22, 2014
The Torah teaches that our love and righteousness are measured not only by our own...
April 14, 2014
Passover is a time for contemplating the meaning of freedom -- allowing us to leap...
April 08, 2014
By Rabbi Shmuly Yanklowitz In the Torah portion of Acharei-Mot, we learn the obligation of...

March 2014

March 26, 2014
What does it feel like to live at the edge, on the margins of community?
March 11, 2014
The worst tragedy we can perpetuate today as the Jewish people would be the act...
March 11, 2014
Deep connection, mercy and knowledge of God are not visible commodities the way that sheep...

February 2014

February 20, 2014
By Rabbi Lisa L. Goldstein I recently had to report for jury duty. I had...
February 13, 2014
By Rabbi Melissa Weintraub It seems every few weeks a new round of headlines cover...
February 06, 2014
By Rabbi Mishael Zion This summer the usually sleepy world of nonprofit organization talk was...

January 2014

January 30, 2014
By Judith Rosenbaum Since I became a parent, I’ve been reading the Torah through a...
January 15, 2014
By Rabbi Daniel L. Lehmann Along with many others from across the diverse religious world,...
January 07, 2014
By Rabbi Nancy Fuchs Kreimer  Each Friday afternoon, I spread a tablecloth on my dining...

December 2013

December 12, 2013
By Rabbi Toba Spitzer The Torah portion of Vayehi brings to a close the story...
December 05, 2013
By Stephen Hazan Arnoff Joseph was a beautiful boy, so beautiful, in fact, that his...
December 04, 2013
By Rabbi Daniel Klein There has been a lot of excitement within the Jewish community...

November 2013

November 18, 2013
By Ariel Evan Mayse and Yossi Quint  The opening of this week’s “parasha” (portion) finds...
November 05, 2013
By Shai Held It’s not often that a biblical character makes you want to cry,...

October 2013

October 21, 2013
By Rabbi Niles Elliot Goldstein The Torah portion for this week raises a critically important...
October 09, 2013
By Dr. Yehuda Kurtzer Jews tend to be nervous about the numbers of Jews in...
October 01, 2013
By Dr. Erica Brown In the midst of the post-flood re-creation stories in this week’s Torah...

September 2013

September 24, 2013
By Rabbi Arthur Green Here we are again: parashat Bereshit, the Genesis story. Hang on,...
September 19, 2013
By Rabbi Toba Spitzer  You shall live in sukkot seven days; all citizens of Israel...
September 19, 2013
By Rabbi Sharon Cohen Anisfeld In the rhythm of Jewish time, the festival of Sukkot...
September 11, 2013
By Rabbi Melissa Weintraub A decade ago I walked into my parent’s living room to...
September 03, 2013
By Rabbi Mishael Zion On Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur mornings, just prior to Musaf...

August 2013

August 28, 2013
By Judith Rosenbaum This week’s (double) Torah portion, Nitzavim-Vayelech, opens with a scene of great...
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