Tuesday the Rabbi Was Not A Friar: When Sirens Sound Across Israel
by Rabbi Rich Kirschen This morning was one of those mornings I dread living in Israel because I had given in to my wife’s demand that it was my turn to take the car to the garage and get it fixed....
View ArticleIsrael’s Response to the Haitian Earthquake
by Rabbi Ira Youdovin former ARZA Executive Director and current chair of ARZA’s Rabbinic Cabinet Televised images of Gaza, Israel’s security barrier and alleged mistreatment of the Palestinians have...
View ArticleGaza Flotilla and Israel: Finding Balance Amidst the Mayhem
by Rabbi Paul KipnesOriginally posted on Or Am I? The Baal Shem Tov (founder of Chasidism) urged his followers toward hishtavut, equanimity or levelheadedness. He recognized that powerful emotions of...
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Galilee Diary: Different lenses I
by Marc Rosenstein(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Galilee Diary) Now available from URJ Books & MusicOrder Now! But the people would not listen to Samuel’s warning. “No,” they...
View ArticleReflections on the Beinart-Suissa Debate
By Rabbi John Rosove In my introductory remarks to the Peter Beinart-David Suissa debate at Temple Israel of Hollywood last Wednesday evening (May 16), I said the following to help give political...
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Reform Movement & Federation Join to Help Israeli Bombing Victims
In response to Israel’s Operation Pillar of Defense this past November, a historic partnership was created between the Union for Reform Judaism (URJ) and the Jewish Federations of North America...
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D’var Acher – Impact and Intent: The Delicate Dance of Moral Evaluation
by Michael L. Feshbach(Originally published in Ten Minutes of Torah and Reform Voices of Torah) Dr. Adler asks, “Are unintentional lapses that serious?” Inadvertent misconduct is a category understood...
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