“I want to know what my rabbi thinks of Jacob and Rachel, not of Pence and Pelosi”
I know outstanding rabbis on the left of the political spectrum and others on...
Tag Archives: Jewish Life
“You may feel genuinely inspired by the trite and over-used. Most aren’t”
Here are some of my favorites Jewish clichés. Don’t hesitate to add yours: “All...
“Converts who request funding should probably be explicit about the costs and their own contribution to the process”
Some people were bewildered that there was anything other than minor administrative costs associated...
“…my impressions of much of Los Angeles Jewish life — creative, casual, relaxed — particularly compared to New York”
…consistent with my impressions of much of Los Angeles Jewish life — creative, casual,...
“…if we don’t tackle the quest for meaning in the Jewish world, at some point all of our programs are going to run out of steam”
I think reflection and ideas in the Jewish world today are devalued. We’re extremely...
“…the rabbi sometimes hears contradictory sounds — sometimes described as ‘the voice of the prophet’ or sometimes ‘the voice of the profit'”
…an ongoing struggle that many rabbis and clergy of various faiths wage within themselves....
“A sense of contact with the ultimate dawns upon most people when their self-reliance is swept away by violent misery”
What I have learned from Jewish life is that if a man is not...
“…the dominant conversation nowadays in American Judaism is about politics”
…the dominant conversation nowadays in American Judaism is about politics. Mostly it’s Middle Eastern...
“Where can Jews of different ages, spiritual orientations and socioeconomic strata come together regularly to brainstorm while they relax?”
Interdisciplinary research on innovation has yielded the interesting find that creativity peaks when hyper-stimulation...
Judaism is not about the Holocaust
So which statistic surprised me? A statistic that, while overlooked by many, says much...