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What's at stake in the controversy over prayer at the Western Wall? Only everything.
View ArticleThe good news from Israel
The biggest news from Israel is not the Wall and conversion. It is about how secularists are claiming Judaism for themselves, and for all of us.
View ArticleIsrael, play fair with LGBT families!
Israel's adoption law: homophobic, family phobic — and it could lead to more people becoming Israel-phobic.
View ArticleYes, I kissed the Western Wall
JERUSALEM (RNS ) — The Western Wall still moves me. Call me sentimental.
View ArticleStephen Miller shows that synagogues must teach Jewish values
(RNS) — How did American Judaism 'produce' Stephen Miller?
View ArticleDonald Trump, relativist in chief
No, Mr. President: there was wrong on only one side in Charlottesville. The side that you cannot unequivocally condemn.
View ArticleThe eclipse is deeper than we thought
(RNS) — It is not just the sun that is going into eclipse. It is human decency, and not just in Charlottesville.
View ArticleWhy a classic rock song is wrong
The Band was wrong. The ideas that animated "Dixie" deserve to be "driven down."
View ArticleWhy are Jewish celebrities silent about Charlottesville?
(RNS) — The Piano Man's yellow star was a good start. We need famous Jews to be activists against hate.
View ArticleHow Houston’s rain became ‘biblical’
Do not be Noah. That's the wrong kind of "biblical."
View ArticleA kaddish for Walter Becker
What was Jewish about Steely Dan? Maybe more than we thought.
View ArticleFlorida now understands the Noah story
(RNS) — Ever since Irma announced that she was going to pay Florida a visit, I’ve been experiencing what it must have been like to be on the ark — minus the animals, of course, writes Rabbi Jeffrey...
View ArticleWelcome to the Jewish Inquisition!
(RNS) — The controversy over the appointment of a high-profile scholar is only the most recent manifestation of a Jewish community that is turning ever more fiercely to the right.
View ArticleJews will not replace us! (And you will not replace Judaism!)
David Bowie got it right: This is not America. It is time for Jews to proclaim a better way.
View ArticleTen books you should be sneaking into synagogue on Yom Kippur
(RNS) — This rabbi knows that there are many ways to access God. Some Jews do it through the prayers of the liturgy. But, others get in touch with the sacred, and themselves, through the written word –...
View ArticleBring this to synagogue on Yom Kippur
These Jews died during the past year. Each one wrote a Book of Life for the ages.
View ArticlePresident Trump, this is no time for prayer
(RNS) — Yes, it happened again. No more 'thoughts and prayers.' This time, please: action.
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