Rabbis on the Frontier
How much does being Jewish mean to you? Did you ever have one of those moments when studying about the Jewish martyrs during the...
read moreHow much does being Jewish mean to you? Did you ever have one of those moments when studying about the Jewish martyrs during the...
read moreShowing visitors or newcomers around the synagogue, I hear the compliment, “What a beautiful temple!” I respond: “Yes, and I can brag...
read moreFrom a recent session with a colleague – shared with her permission: “I’m so busy planning and preparing to make sure they are able...
read moreI was ordained eight years ago in a beautiful and sacred ceremony. Standing on the bimah before our beloved Rosh Yeshivah, bordered...
read moreI write on July 1, 2015, mindful that many colleagues begin new positions today, two years to the day after I commenced my tenure at...
read moreI recently met with a colleague who informed me that she really doesn’t like to ask God for help, especially during Tishrei,...
read moreIn an interview for Sh’ma Journal in 2012, Rabbi Zalman Schachter Shalomi stated that he saw the Hasidic idea of “Rebbe,” as opposed...
read moreLast year I was in Jerusalem for the High Holy Days. The experience of being in Israel for this focal point of the Jewish year,...
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