Seventy Faces of Torah

Holidays Sukkot: Staying a Little Bit Longer

My sukkah, my little holiday booth, is up. A few of my students came by today, p...

Holidays Planting the Seed of Eternity: A Meditation on Rosh Hashana and Our Planet

On Rosh Hashana, after every time we hear the sound of the shofar, we call out t...

Community Blog Why Is This Rosh Hashana Different? (Nitzavim/Vayelekh, Deut. 29:9-31:30)

The new Jewish year, 5775, which starts next Wednesday night, is not like most o...

Pluralistic Perspectives On the Just Use of Force by Our Police

The tragic death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., has focused the nation’...

Pluralistic Perspectives Where Hope Takes Root

“Unhappy. Storm-crossed. Uncomforted.” Are you talking to me? Perhaps the pr...

Pluralistic Perspectives Divine-Human Partnership

It’s hard to know which should make us more afraid: the notion that the human ...