If the world is to be rebuilt, it will not be with bricks and mortar, but with acts of chesed. One by one, gesture by gesture ...

“Ready-made” Sukkot is the only Jewish holiday that could conceivably be sponsored by Home Depot — or better, yet, Ikea. The ...

We must contemplate how we can harness the power of our words for good, for making a difference in what has become a path ...

Prophet Muhammad was a messenger for all Pagan nations, and not just for Arabs. I think of myself as a Reform Rabbi who is an Islamic Jew. Actually, I am an Islamic Jew i.e. a faithful Jew submitting ...

On Yom Kippur, we read the book of Jonah. It's a lesson, amid the Israel-Hamas war, on the need for Jews to have compassion ...

This long-forgotten footnote to American history is worth considering both for its historical import and its relevancy to the ...

She added, “I forgive him because it was what Christ did in his. What Charlie would do. The answer to hate is not hate. The ...

We often fall into the habits that tech companies nudge us toward, but we must take greater care and recalibrate our responsibility for the runaway train of AI ...

In the aftermath of October 7, the Jewish community was at its most united. We were in the so-called “surge”: a renewed desire for community and joining together against our perceived adversaries.

Yom Kippur is the day of atonement following the Jewish New Year, Rosh Hashanah. It involves followers of the Jewish faith ...

So the first mitzvah of non-hatred is a movement: OUT. Get out of the room where contempt is the house style. “Do not sit in the seat of scoffers.” Ashrei ha’ish… uv’moshav leitzim lo yashav ( Psalms ...

Hear Moses in response to their silence: “They forsook the Rock who bore them; they scorned the God who gave them birth!” ...