Why is this rabbi learning Arabic? Read on. * When the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York honored me with an invitation to join its recent multi-faith and multi-racial community leadership […]
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. The stories of twins in the Bible always […]
Transgender Day of Remembrance is observed annually, on November 20, to honor the lives that have been lost to anti-transgender violence; may their memories be for a blessing. […]
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. כִּ֣י יְדַעְתִּ֗יו לְמַ֩עַן֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְצַוֶּ֜ה אֶת־בָּנָ֤יו וְאֶת־בֵּיתוֹ֙ […]
The Torah is an amazing text bursting with visual metaphors. Every tiny detail of the Torah has significance and multiple meanings that can only be found by looking at Torah […]
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. Lech-Lecha opens with the instruction to […]
Part of an ongoing series about building an ethic of social justice and a world worthy of the sacred. How to cultivate a spiritual ethic of building a social […]
Part of an ongoing series that explores Torah through an ethic of social justice and building a world worthy of the Divine. This week we begin again, a […]
How long does it take to return? That depends… It’s been almost forty days since I set my sights on teshuvah. Even before the first of the month of Elul, when we […]
For anyone who’s still casting-about to find the right adaptation of Jonah for this year’s Yom Kippur — or for anyone who won’t be at Yom Kippur minha / afternoon […]