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When are we allowed to yell at God?
"If God lived in our neighborhood, we'd throw stones through His [sic] windows."
I do not know who originally said that, though I think that the origi…
1 year, 3 months ago
Bishop Budde was speaking Hebrew
Remember the 10th commandment?
"Thou shalt not covet"?
This past week, many preachers violated that commandment.
They were coveting the sermon Bishop Ma…
1 year, 3 months ago
Amy Spitalnick: How Dangerous is Christian Nationalism?
It happened exactly four years ago.
I am speaking of January 6, 2021 -- the attack on the US Capitol Building by supporters of Donald Trump – claiming…
1 year, 4 months ago
Remembering David Ellenson
Last week, we observed the first yahrzeit (anniversary of a death) of Dr. David Ellenson -- past president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute o…
1 year, 5 months ago
Are Jews God-phobic? With Arnold Eisen
If you encounter someone who wants to talk about God, odds are that person isn't Jewish. Why?
I am talking to a friend of mine about his experience o…
1 year, 5 months ago
The Election and the Jews
Rabbi Jeff Salkin sits down with Rabbi Jonah Pesner, one of American Judaism's most prominent voices and the director of the Religious Action Center …
1 year, 6 months ago
Remembering the late Alex Dancyg, a hostage from Warsaw
On Tuesday, July 16, I and a group of rabbis traveled south from Jerusalem — to the Gaza envelope.
There, we visited the places that Hamas had ravaged…
1 year, 7 months ago
A Reform Jewish woman and an Orthodox rabbi talk Torah: Abigail Pogrebin & Rabbi Dov Linzer
Two of my favorite people — Abigail Pogrebin and Rabbi Dov Linzer — who have just written a new book, "It Takes Two To Torah: An Orthodox Rabbi and R…
1 year, 8 months ago
It's More Than L'chaim: Judaism Is a Celebration of Life. With Rabbi Irving Greenberg
First, this modern Orthodox rabbi was one of the first rabbis to really touch my life and to engage me in what my Protestant colleagues would call “f…
1 year, 8 months ago
When the reverend became a rabbi
We need to take the spiritual journey of Ana Levy-Lyons with the gravity it deserves. Truth be told: There is a shortage of rabbinical students. Jews…
1 year, 9 months ago