The Still Small Voice
We have a Yom Kippur tradition in our family. Call it family custom, call it superstition, but we do not attend Yizkor service until we’ve lost someone close to us. […]
March 14, 2025
March 8, 2025
Ask a Rabbi: Dealing with Family Who Have Differing Views on Israel
Rabbi, my child is a college student at Ohio State. In the past several months, they have become more and more anti-Zionist as the situation in Israel drags on. Our […]
February 27, 2025
Ask the Rabbi: Business Partner Gone Wrong
Rabbi, I just found out my best friend and business partner has been stealing money from our company for years. I am devastated and angry and don’t know what to […]
February 20, 2025
Ask the Rabbi: Am I Jewish Now?
Question: I was raised in a Christian home but never had much of a connection with my faith. I recently participated in 23 and Me, and my results came back […]
February 14, 2025
Ask A Rabbi: How do I talk about conversion with my partner?
Question: I am in a relationship with someone who isn’t Jewish. They were raised Catholic but don’t have any connection to organized religion. My Jewish identity is very important to […]
February 12, 2025
A Shared Cultural Ethic is an Ideal that Jews have Only Barely Gotten to Taste
When my uncle was a teenager, he became enthralled by Japanese culture. Over the decades that followed, he became fluent in Japanese, practiced the Japanese art of Kendo, and married […]
January 15, 2025
Climate Disastar Wreaked Havoc This Week; Our Judaism Can Help Renew Our Hope
The words of the High Holy Day prayer Unatanah Tokef felt uncomfortably poignant last week while Cincinnati was enduring a once-in-a-generation snowstorm and California was inundated with devastating fires. Many […]
January 1, 2025
From “I” to “We”: Judaism Prioritizes the Collective for the Sake of the Individual
In November 2019, New Zealand politician Chlöe Swarbrick was speaking about climate change legislation when an older colleague interrupted her. She responded, “Ok, boomer,” and the internet fell in love. […]
November 25, 2024
Judaism Can Help AI Even More Than AI Can Help Judaism
In 1990, my father had a decision to make. He was going to venture into a new industry and had to decide which one made the most sense for him. […]
November 1, 2024
Judaism’s Greatest Competition Isn’t Other Religions, Its Secularism
“What holiday is coming up next?” This can be a dangerous question in Progressive Jewish spaces. Because inevitably, depending on the season, a kid will raise their hand and say […]