World AIDS Day 2011: Working Toward a Brighter Future
Rabbi Saperstein: "The progress that has already been made to curb the spread of HIV/AIDS can and will continue, and this pandemic will be defeated."
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From Gelt to Gimmel: A Personal Hanukkah Journey
Book Discussion: To the End of the Land
by Peter Shapiro
Read the review of this book in Reform Judaism magazine
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Galilee Diary: Public Education II
by Marc Rosenstein
(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary)
Galilee Diary: Pluralism and Relativism
Mar, the son of Ravina, made a wedding for his son. He saw that the rabbis were getting too merry so he took a glass that was valued at four hundred zuz and broke it in front of them and they sobered up. -Babylonian Talmud, Berachot 30b
Galilee Diary: Country Roads
Let every valley be raised, every hill and mount made low. Let the rugged ground become level and the ridges become a plain. -Isaiah 40:4
Finding God, Finding Community, Finding Meaning
I had a difficult childhood. I joined a synagogue when I was 30, and I attended services fairly regularly, but I hated God.
Making Prayer Meaningful for Reform Jews
Rabbi Lawrence Hoffman of HUC-JIR was the visiting scholar this past Shabbat at Rodef Shalom of Falls Church, Virginia, as part of our 50th anniversary celebrations. After Shabbat morning services, he gave a brilliant and fascinating talk on prayer and spirituality.