Is the Jewish Community a Mean Girl? By Rabbi Samantha Kahn “The organized Jewish community is nothing more than the mean girls from high school.” What?! I think I literally... Identity, Religion, Religious Life, Spirituality, Synagogue
Why I Am a Unitarian By Sara Holtz It is a sunny spring Sunday in Sacramento. As has been our custom for the last twelve years, my wife and I and... Christian Jewish Wedding, Relationships, Religion
Couples are marrying with or without us. Let’s help. By Rabbi Keara Stein The debate in Jewish communities about interfaith marriage is heating up. Rabbis and Jewish professionals are... Clergy, Clergy Weddings
Why Do Jews Marry Catholics? By Karen Goldberg Goff A recent landmark study of Americans’ religious behavior confirmed what many observers of interfaith marriage... Marriage, Relationships
Blessings: Immersion in the Mikveh for Conversion By Mayyim Hayyim April, 2013 Reproduced with permission, based on an original from Mayyim Hayyim. Once you walk down the seven... Blessings, Mikveh
Welcoming the Sabbath By Andi Rosenthal In July of 1999, at the end of my very first week at the Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial... Shabbat
The Conversations We Should be Having By Rabbi Richard Address …with Grandparents with Grandchildren of Interfaith Marriages In my travels to congregations and Jewish organizations... Clergy, Grandparents, Professional Development
Why Choosing Love Didn’t Mean Conversion for Me By Emily Mace Although I am the half that’s not Jewish in an interfaith marriage, my husband never put conversion on... Conversion, Relationship Challenges, Relationships
Should We Pray for Bad People? By Jane Larkin Shortly before the inauguration in mid-January, I was contacted by a Chicago Tribune reporter about a story... Spirituality
Change Afoot in the More “Conservative” Communities By Edmund Case This post originally appeared on www.edumundcase.com and is reprinted with permission It’s been quiet... Professional Development
Coming Full Circle By Kathy Bloomfield Twelve years ago on a Yom Kippur afternoon, at the request of my rabbi, Steven Silver, I stood on the bimah... Conversion, Mikveh, Religious Life
How to Pick an Interfaith-Friendly Synagogue By Jordyn Rozensky When I asked my partner who is not Jewish if we could start visiting synagogues in hopes of finding a formal... Couples, Newlywed, Synagogue
Can Kids (or Anyone) Learn Prayer Through Osmosis? By Rabbi Ari Moffic Osmosis is a subtle or gradual absorption or mingling. Sometimes we joke that you can’t learn something... Parenting, Synagogue
Why a Raisin Has Never Tasted So Good By Rabbi Mychal Copeland I always spend some time as Rabbi in Residence at Camp Tawonga in California each summer, and it is always... Camp, Parenting, Religion, Spirituality
Listening to Christian Spirituals at the Jewish Cemetery By Jessie Boatright 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 By Jared David Berezin Jared and his (now) wife Laurie being married by Rabbi Lev Baesh on Laurie’s parents’ farm in Pennsylvania Why... Dating, Identity, Relationships, Religion, Synagogue
Healing the World is Our Every Day By Amy Beth Starr Last Spring, I had the privilege of representing my synagogue at a remarkable social justice conference organized... Advocacy
Does Spirituality Have to Mean God? By Rabbi Mychal Copeland 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 By Rabbi Sarah Tasman 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... Clergy, God, Identity, Religion
Charity Begins At Home, Part 2 By Jane Larkin My son helping to pack snack boxes at the North Texas Food Bank in January. Last night, my family watched NFL... Parenting, Parenting Hanukkah, Parenting Stories
Finding Prayer at Creating Change By Rabbi Ari Moffic From left: Rabbi Shoshana Conover from Temple Sholom, Rabbi Judith Golden from Or Chadash & Rabbi Ari Moffic... Professionals Stories
The Real Story of Hanukkah By Rabbi Sarah Tasman In rabbinical school, I learned what you might call the “real” story of Hanukkah. I also learned about the “real”... Hanukkah, Religion
Why We Decided to Join a Synagogue for Our Daughter By Elizabeth Freid Vocke Mirabelle at JCC pre-school This past August, when I started talking about and planning for the High Holidays... Parenting, Religious Life, Synagogue
My Mission to Welcome By Rabbi Sarah Tasman This blog post originally appeared at Rituallwell.org One of my favorite parts of being a rabbi and the director... Clergy, Clergy Weddings, Resources