Is the Jewish Community a Mean Girl?
“The organized Jewish community is nothing more than the mean girls from high school.”
What?! I think I literally...
Why I Am a Unitarian
It is a sunny spring Sunday in Sacramento. As has been our custom for the last twelve years, my wife and I and...
Couples are marrying with or without us. Let’s help.
The debate in Jewish communities about interfaith marriage is heating up. Rabbis and Jewish professionals are...
Why Do Jews Marry Catholics?
A recent landmark study of Americans’ religious behavior confirmed what many observers of interfaith marriage...
Blessings: Immersion in the Mikveh for Conversion
April, 2013
Reproduced with permission, based on an original from Mayyim Hayyim.
Once you walk down the seven...
Welcoming the Sabbath
In July of 1999, at the end of my very first week at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial...
The Conversations We Should be Having
…with Grandparents with Grandchildren of Interfaith Marriages
In my travels to congregations and Jewish organizations...
Why Choosing Love Didn’t Mean Conversion for Me
Although I am the half that’s not Jewish in an interfaith marriage, my husband never put conversion on...
Should We Pray for Bad People?
Shortly before the inauguration in mid-January, I was contacted by a Chicago Tribune reporter about a story...
Change Afoot in the More “Conservative” Communities
This post originally appeared on www.edumundcase.com and is reprinted with permission
It’s been quiet...
Coming Full Circle
Twelve years ago on a Yom Kippur afternoon, at the request of my rabbi, Steven Silver, I stood on the bimah...
How to Pick an Interfaith-Friendly Synagogue
When I asked my partner who is not Jewish if we could start visiting synagogues in hopes of finding a formal...
Can Kids (or Anyone) Learn Prayer Through Osmosis?
Osmosis is a subtle or gradual absorption or mingling. Sometimes we joke that you can’t learn something...
Why a Raisin Has Never Tasted So Good
I always spend some time as Rabbi in Residence at Camp Tawonga in California each summer, and it is always...
Listening to Christian Spirituals at the Jewish Cemetery
On my mom’s birthday last week, I left the house to go to the cemetery first thing. Being there, walking in...
Death & Mourning, Death & Mourning Stories, Mourning, Parenting
Judaism Without Walls
Jared and his (now) wife Laurie being married by Rabbi Lev Baesh on Laurie’s parents’ farm in Pennsylvania
Why...
Healing the World is Our Every Day
Last Spring, I had the privilege of representing my synagogue at a remarkable social justice conference organized...
Does Spirituality Have to Mean God?
Last week, my son started wondering about the edge of the universe. What is at the end? Is there an end? What...
Parenting Challenges, Parenting Stories, Religious Education, Young Kids
Why I Go to Church
You might find it hard to believe but I love going to church. I don’t go very often, but the times that I have...
Charity Begins At Home, Part 2
My son helping to pack snack boxes at the North Texas Food Bank in January.
Last night, my family watched NFL...
Finding Prayer at Creating Change
From left: Rabbi Shoshana Conover from Temple Sholom, Rabbi Judith Golden from Or Chadash & Rabbi Ari Moffic...
The Real Story of Hanukkah
In rabbinical school, I learned what you might call the “real” story of Hanukkah. I also learned about the “real”...
Why We Decided to Join a Synagogue for Our Daughter
Mirabelle at JCC pre-school
This past August, when I started talking about and planning for the High Holidays...
My Mission to Welcome
This blog post originally appeared at Rituallwell.org
One of my favorite parts of being a rabbi and the director...
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