Four Men Who Made a Difference in My Life Although I never knew my father, four Jewish male mentors made meaningful contributions to my life…
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An Emblem of the Land I Love: Reform Jewish Reflections on Flag Day This year, Flag Day offers us a unique opportunity to reflect on…
The Shape of Your Despair Judaism calls upon us to work in partnership with God. In addition to prayers for healing, what can we offer…
Why Do We Read the Book of Ruth on Shavuot? No story in the Bible better demonstrates than the Book of Ruth the extraordinary power…
A Divine Blessing of Food and Security With more than 40 million Americans struggling to put food on the table, gifts of food affirm the…
The Universal Lessons of the Royal Wedding My take away from the royal wedding: Despite the differences religions sometimes emphasize, a better future lies among…
Somebody’s Hurting Our People We cannot pretend that these enormous gains for the few are not creating massive suffering and dangerous resentment among the many. …
Is Israel Too Crowded?: Reflections from the Galilee Israel cannot support the kind of population growth it has experienced over the past 70 years. What…
5 Jewish Facts About the New Han Solo ‘Star Wars’ Movie Learn all the Jewish tidbits associated with the newest “Star Wars” movie, “Solo: A…
Raising Resilient Teenagers: Resources That Can Help During Mental Health Awareness Month, let’s remember that caring for each other is an integral Jewish value and…
Philip Roth: An Appreciation of the Wicked Child Now that Roth is dead, the American Jewish community, by virtue of the adjective “American,” can do…
7 Jewish Essays to Help Us Remember Members of Our Military Memorial Day isn’t a Jewish holiday but remembering and honoring fallen military is certainly…
How Shabbat Dinners Transformed a White Nationalist Learn why an Orthodox Jewish student invited a fellow student, a known white nationalist, to Shabbat dinner in…
Gun Violence Prevention, One State at a Time The Reform Jewish community has been very active in the Massachusetts Coalition to Prevent Gun Violence. 5/03/2018 Rabbi…
Shavuot: Counting Up to the Celebration Just as the light grows with each night of Hanukkah, so too do our joy and excitement grow as…
In Los Angeles, Muslims and Jews Unite to Address a Global Human Rights Crisis I had heard of the Rohingya people, but admittedly knew little…
How Torah Connects Me to the Israelites and Their Values As our thinking around social justice issues continues to grow, our words and actions evolve…
What Did Ordinary Americans Know About the Holocaust as It Was Happening? What did American voters, the constituents who may have done more to pressure…
An Israeli Hospital of Humanity and Hope On a recent visit to Israel, I witnessed extraordinary acts of human kindness at a hospital near the…
May We All Be Disciples of Our Aaron Remembering his colleague, friend, and an extraordinary, brilliant human being, Rabbi Rick Jacobs delivered this eulogy at…