Yes, There Are Jews in Eastern Uganda
Last year, I was honored to meet Mugoya Shadrach Levi, a 29-year-old rabbinic student from Uganda. Learn about him and how Jews came to be in Uganda in the first place.
When Jews Came from "Shithole Countries"
Jews were "undesirable" and "filthy," said a report submitted to the House Committee on Immigration in 1924, written by the director of the United Stated Consular Service.
6 Principles of Effective Collaboration
Share your work, trust your colleagues, and experiment with new tools and policies. Your new collaboration software will only work if you are collaborative, and if you work out loud.
Memory and Justice: Committing to Freedom as Jews Who Remember
This post is adapted from a sermon given at Temple B'nai Shalom in Fairfax Station, Virginia on January 12, 2018. Watch the full sermon.
What College Has Taught Me About the Power of Shabbat
Growing up, my family didn’t usually celebrate Shabbat at home. Only when I went away to college did Shabbat become truly meaningful.
This Tu BiShvat, May We Begin with the Trees
May each of us, at this Tu BiShvat – the New Year of the Trees – refuse to be complacent in accepting the ills and sorrows of our lives.
The Flint Water Crisis and Us
We can do better than this. We must do better than this. But it will take all of us to be brave and to speak up.
Do You Have to Believe in God to Be a Jew?
When people tell me that they don’t believe in God, I understand completely. I don’t believe in the God of the Bible or of the medieval rabbis either.
How the Supermarket Reminds Me Tu BiShvat is Coming
In my past life as a cantor in Los Angeles, I was always facilitating the concept of “Jewish time” for others. Here in Jerusalem, it just sort of happens on its own.
Let My People Stay: Engaging in Civil Disobedience to Demand a Clean Dream Act
This blog post is adapted from remarks as prepared for delivery ahead of the January 17, 2018 Jewish Action for the Dream Act, in which 85 rabbis and other Jewish leaders and activists were arrested while singing 'Olam Chesed Yibaneh' and demanding a clean Dream Act. The Religio