8 Principles that Drive Strong Congregations
All congregational leaders are looking for the magic formula to success, the one that will ensure that their members are happy, engaged, and Jewishly fulfilled, and that their budgets are balanced.
11 Ways to Celebrate Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Month in Your Synagogue
In honor of Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance, and Inclusion Month, we offer a few suggestions to help congregations adopt further awareness and understanding of disabilities.
This MLK Weekend, Observe Shabbat Tzedek in Your Community
Shabbat Tzedek, observed annually the weekend before Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, is an opportunity for congregations and members to celebrate the achievements of movements for racial justice, and to look toward the challenges ahead.
7 Jewish Resolutions for 2017
We’re almost a week into the new year, but it’s not too late to make a new resolution. In 2017, resolve to be more committed to your Judaism. Here are seven easy ways to begin – choose to do one or all of them!
When It Comes to Anti-Semitism, Here's Why I'm Not Surprised
Yesterday, someone drew a swastika on the sign-box outside of Klau Library on the Cincinnati campus of the Reform seminary. I am outraged and sickened and saddened. But I am not speechless.
What Progressive Spiritual Communities Look Like in Israel
Today’s Reform Movement in Israel is stretching the notion of what it means to build progressive spiritual communities there.
How the Pursuit of Justice Helps Us Find Strength
How can we pursue acts of justice that help fulfill our vision of a world in which every person experiences wholeness, justice, and compassion?
Prop 1: Gun Violence Prevention on the Ballot in Nevada
After a long election cycle, it is so important to take stock of – and build on – the victories we’ve had this November.
Bringing Environmental Advocacy to our Synagogues: Sea Level Rise Shabbat
On, November 4, 2016, Temple Solel in Hollywood, Florida, along with eight other synagogues, helped celebrate the Higher Ground Initiative’s “Sea Level Rise Shabbat” in conjunction with the reading of parashat Noach.
The Eternal Blessing That Is Debbie Friedman
On the sixth yahrzeit of Debbie Friedman’s passing, I want to pay tribute to my amazing friend and colleague, and a gifted spiritual leader.