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In the last few weeks, I've been working with my colleague Rabbi Lynne Landsberg, Senior Adviser for Disability Issues at the Religious Action Center, to draw attention to a very troubling statistic: more than 70% of people with disabilities are unemployed.

An intense and record-breaking snow storm descended on D.C.

I was a first-hand witness to DC's snow emergency this week. Trudging along Capitol Hill's snow-clogged streets and seeing the entire city - and the federal government it hosts - at a standstill was an amazing and deeply distressing experience.

Imagine my surprise when, comfy on my couch and enjoying the Super Bowl, I saw a commercial - aired not once, but twice - featuring a classroom full of children reciting the following mock pledge of allegiance:

"I pledge allegiance to Americaʼs debt, and to

If the historic DC snow ever ends, I might head to the movies this weekend. Now, I'm a movie buff, so there's not much I won't see. But I admit to a particular soft spot for Garry Marshall productions.

At this point, it's anyone's guess whether the Senate will take up climate and energy legislation this year: One day the President highlights clean energy in the biggest speech of the year and Senator Lindsay Graham (R-SC) rejects "half-ass" energy bills, and

This weekend, I will be joining NFTYites from across the country at URJ Greene Family Camp for Veida, which is NFTY's yearly business and elections meeting.

by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)

The Council of Progressive (Reform) Rabbis in Israel views the Western Wall as an area that does not represent the Jewish attachment to God, the experience of prayer, or modern

In the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, it's been common practice for the First Lady to champion a cause: Lady Bird Johnson was a staunch environmentalist. Barbara Bush was a strong advocate for family literacy.