The Jewish community is embarrassingly behind when it comes to holding male Rabbis accountable for sexual violations. The Jewish...

"In order that we will not have cruel hearts..." A Jew is taught to be delicate with the world. To tread lightly and consider that which...

I cannot claim to be anti-Capitalist. Target is my safe space. Amazon is my right hand man. Shopping is one of my hobbies. I like to...

We have a problem in American Judaism. A big one. We do not share a common sense of the role of the rabbi. "The rabbi should not wear...

Gate Keeper. In rabbinical school we were presented with the notion of rabbi as gate keeper. The rabbi is the one who stands at the gates...

"[answering the phone] Hello, you've reached the winter of our discontent." - Troy Dyer (Ethan Hawke) This Shabbat I am thinking about...

For myself economic justice is a deeply religious and spiritual issue. In our Torah portion this week, Bereshit/Genesis, we read the...

How does one make a wrong, a right? How do you heal and seal a wound? How do we restore the faith of those we have hurt? In society? In...

Isaac does not do too much in his life. He is considered to be the most passive of all our ancient anecestors---male or female. A...