Slaughter Does Not Honor Anyone: Remembering that Fateful Day in Pittsburgh As I was leading Torah study at our synagogue nearly a year ago, an…
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Remembering Regina Jonas, the First Ordained Female Rabbi Although she never saw anyone who looked like her on the pulpit, Regina Jonas, the first woman…
“Synonyms”: Award-Winning New Film Portrays Israelis as Outsiders Nadav Lapid’s “Synonyms” is a superbly directed, thinly plotted, challenging, provocative new film nominated for four Ophir Awards, the…
How Reform Synagogues Welcomed Immigrants, Refugees, and Asylum-Seekers This Sukkot Congregations from coast to coast welcomed immigrants, asylum-seekers, and refugees to be guests in their…
“Synonyms”: Israelis Portrayed as Outsiders in New Award-Winning Film Nadiv Lapid’s, “Synonyms,” is a superbly directed, thinly plotted, challenging, provocative new film nominated for four…
We Are More Than Our Diagnoses: Speaking About Mental Illness with Compassion and Respect A psychiatric disease is not someone’s fault nor is a diagnosis…
Musician David Broza on Music, Peace, Israel, and More David Broza, singer-songwriter, peace activist, and Israel’s native son, has been charming audiences worldwide with his…
Fighting the Assault on Health Care and Immigrants The U.S., by denying visas to immigrants who don’t have approved health insurance or the ability to…
When You Just Don’t Feel Joyful on Simchat Torah, Remember… With every seemingly worse piece of bad news littering our social media feeds and our…
The Thread that Connects the Tree of Life Synagogue, Kristallnacht, and Tishah B’Av In the year since the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue…
6 Ways to Mark the First Anniversary of the Tree of Life Shootings As we remember that dark day in our history and honor those…
The Torah of Voting – Even When Election Day Falls on a Jewish Holiday This year, Canada’s federal election will take place on October 21,…
What I Learned From Researching My Family Tree My interest in Jewish genealogy goes back to 1992, but it was a librarian at my local…
“Getting Good at Getting Older”: One Rabbi’s How-To Rabbi Laura Geller’s new book, Getting Good at Getting Older, is a whimsical do-it-yourself guide to empower boomers to…
Battling Perfection at the Start of the Jewish Year The High Holidays remind us of our natural state of human imperfection. Let’s remember, though, we…
A Plea for Equality and Peace in Israel in a Children’s Sukkot Song One iconic, modern Hebrew song about Sukkot is far more than a…
This Lemon Cake Recipe Exposed a Family Secret After a Shabbat dinner in my home for three Germans, one of them shared a lemon cake…
Sukkot, Diversity, and Unity: How Each of Us Is Like the Four Species While all Jewish holidays serve as great opportunities to practice audacious hospitality,…
How My Judaism Strengthened Me to Come Out as Bisexual Coming out and owning my bisexuality has reinforced that this – and all parts of…
Choose Life: A Jewish Way to Affirm Coming Out Day My daughter was born with gender dysphoria, meaning her biological sex does not match her…