CHE serves as a signal that Judaism’s language was important to support the “imagined community” of international Jewry. It’s less about learning a functional language, the authors argue, but rather helping campers and junior staff understand that Hebrew, the language…
“You will come around,” said a particularly dickish family friend as he dismissed my point about the importance of a social program out of hand. “You’ll grow out of this. It is against your interests.” He wasn’t the only person…
Last week, I slammed the Reform Movement for its truly shocking statement about civility in American political discourse. In addition to what was said, how it was said left me wishing for something more from the Movement that claims to…
Earlier today, the Reform Movement issued a statement about the t’shuvah Donald Trump should engage in this Elul and these High Holidays. They were proud of the statement, for some reason, promoting it across social media. This could have been…
This month, I took family leave. It is wonderful. It's a blessing. And everyone should have it. It is great for the financial security but the other benefits are much more important.
This was never about undocumented immigration. It was always about racist policy...but this is a new low.
Tell Rabbi Rick Jacobs to not (literally!) stand beside Nazis at the Jerusalem Post conference, such as White House terrorism advisor Sebastian Gorka.
After a long day at work I logged on to Facebook for a daily dose of baby pictures and puppy videos. I was smacked with countless posts, links to blogs and articles, and other rabbinic pontifications on the Iran deal. So, with…
Joking about Hamas should be beyond the pale, even for boycott advocates.
NPR’s bold headline reads that after 522 years, Spain is inviting me home. It feels good; it feels like something is being done to right a historic wrong. About 15 years ago, we discovered that my maternal grandfather’s family fled Spain…