Who is a Jew Today? It Depends on Whom You Ask
Aaron Hahn Tapper talks about weaving together the multiple ways Jews identify in terms of culture, ethnicity, nation, nationality, race, religion.
Author Interviews
Keeping Up With the Times: Jewish Customs and Rituals
Learn how author Anita Diamant got started as a writer, what's new in Jewish ritual and practice, and what these changes mean in North America's liberal Jewish community.
War, Peace, and the Role of the Writer
In a 1989 interview for Reform Judaism magazine, I asked Amos Oz, one of Israel’s best-known writers and peace activists, about the role of the writer in society.
“In the West,” he explained, “especially in the Anglo-Saxon tradition, writers and poets are
The Relationship Between Prayer and Your Imagination
When the words of liturgy are taken too literally, the sacred power of prayer is often lost. In his latest book, Rabbi Lawrence A. Hoffman offers a way worshipers can transcend the limitations imposed by language.
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Hearing the Call, Hitting the Road
PBS’ new six-part series Sacred Journeys with Bruce Feiler premiered on December 16th, 2014. ReformJudaism.org caught up with Feiler, who is the author of six consecutive bestsellers, including Walking the Bible, and writes the "This Life" column for the Sunday New York Times. Here's what he had to say about Sacred Journeys
