A Letter to the Rabbi Who Jump-Started My Jewish Journey You probably knew back then that I wasn’t close to being ready to fully accept…
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Hannah Senesh: Speaking Her Truth, Her Emotions, Her Spirit ReformJudaism.org interviewed Lori Wilner, co-creator, and Lexi Rabadi, star of Hannah Senesh: A Play with Music…
A Letter to the Hillel Rabbi Who Jump-Started My Jewish Journey You probably knew back then that I wasn’t close to being ready to fully…
3 Things You Can Do Now to End Immigrant Detention We must continue to express moral outrage, hold our government accountable, and insist that immigrants…
Love Beyond Measure: Tishah B’Av, Tu B’Av, and Tel Aviv Pride As a queer rabbinical student, I felt that recent comments by an Orthodox rabbi…
Parashat D’varim: Escaping my Comfort Zone Eventually, I felt as if The Holy Blessed One had nudged me out of my rest, telling me that…
Mexican Shakshuka: Connecting to My Mexican and Jewish Identities through Food As Jews of a variety of backgrounds and histories, I see food as the…
A Renewed Jewish Call to End Gun Violence – and What You Can Do I will not mince words: the violence we witnessed this weekend…
Hope for Independence and Peace for All On Shabbat a group from Physicians for Human Rights Israel, the only Israeli non-profit allowed to enter Gaza,…
Why Liberal Israelis (Like Me) Need You liberal Jews in Israel need liberal Jews in North America. We need each other. We vote here. You…
Why I Love the “Awesome Days” The “Days of Awe” is a good name for the High Holiday season because when we are in awe…
What Happened in El Paso – and 6 Ways You Can Act for Immigrant Justice “My faith requires me with every fiber of my being,…
How and Why LGBTQIA+ Inclusion Is a Priority at Camp At our Reform summer camp, we instill in campers the importance of kavod (respect), helping…
Why Are Reform Institutions in Israel Important to Us? On a recent visit to Haifa’s Leo Baeck Education Center, I was reminded of the collaborative…
How to Move World Jewry from Protests to Transformation An equal partnership between Diaspora and Israeli Jews is vital for a Jewish, democratic state. Creating…
Why Minority Mental Health Matters So Much, From the Perspective of a Jewish Practitioner As Jews, our pursuit of tikkun olam means repairing the lack…
The Day I Met Leonard Cohen in Jerusalem ReformJudaism.org interviewed Julia Knobloch about her powerful collection of poems, Do Not Return, which captures the essence…
Why We Are Bearing Witness at the Border I’m here in El Paso this weekend because I worship a God who is impatient with injustice,…
We Made It: Climbing Mount Neshef with the Support of My Jewish Community In that moment, atop Mount Neshef, we weren’t two teenagers on the side of…
This Weekend: 7 Ways to Act Now for Immigrant Justice Here are seven ways to act for immigrant justice – right now, from wherever you’re…