We Have Not Yet Lost Hope
Read Rabbi Gilad Kariv's remarks from the rally outside Prime Minister Netenyahu's residence on Saturday evening, July 1.
We Are a People Infected With Hope: Remarks to the Knesset
Read Rabbi Jacobs’ recent remarks to a Knesset caucus about the Kotel (the Western Wall) and Israel’s conversion bill.
What Happens When a Canadian Cantor Collaborates with an Israeli Rabbi?
Learn what happened when a Canadian congregation hired an Israeli rabbi to fill in when their own rabbi took a sabbatical.
Hiking in the Negev Sparks Teens' Love for Israel
Recently, I followed 40 teens and their leaders into the Negev at the start of their discovery journey in Israel. May the experience touch their emotions and their souls.
5 Reasons Summer Services are Perfect for Outreach
Here are five reasons why summer – and summer services, in particular – are the perfect time to try out some new inclusion-oriented programming.
What’s in a Name...or in Five?
When we learn Zelophechad’s daughters’ names – Mahlah, Noah, Hoglah, Milcah, and Tirzah – we connect to their story, and the injustice they faced as women.
A Mandatory Minimum of Justice: Ending Mass Incarceration
The United States has the world’s largest prison population: 2.2 million Americans are currently serving time in our nation’s over 5,000 jails and prisons.
5 Light-Hearted Jewish Headlines to Read This Week
We couldn't let the week draw to a close without sharing some of our favorite non-political new stories of the week.
Invisible Realities
When my younger brother was about eleven, he decided he did not believe in God. My mother, being the supportive, inquisitive person that she is said, “Okay, that is fine, but out of curiosity, why don’t you?”
Reform OH: Bringing More Justice to the Ohio Criminal Justice System
“I Adonai have called you in righteousness...To open the eyes of the blind, to bring out prisoners from confinement, from their prisons those who sit in darkness.” Isaiah 42:6-7